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geognostical, a.|dʒiːəgˈnɒstɪkəl|
[f. prec. + -al1.]
= prec.
1791J. Hailstone Plan Lect. Min. Pref., [The author apologises for the defects in] the Geognostical part [of the Syllabus]. 1814J. Thomson in Ann. Phil. IV. 410 A Geognostical Sketch of the Counties of Northumberland, Durham and parts of Cumberland. 1853Kane Grinnell Exp. vii. (1856) 47 Its general geognostical structure is determined by a great green-stone dike.
Hence geoˈgnostically adv., with reference to geognosy.
1853Th. Ross tr. Humboldt's Trav. III. xxxii. 364 Geognostically speaking, these two regions of east and west form only one basin. |