单词 | geophysiology |
释义 | > as lemmasgeophysiology geophysiology n. Brit. /ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)fɪzɪˈɒlədʒi/ , U.S. /ˌdʒioʊˌfɪziˈɑlədʒi/ (a) the sciences of oceanography, climatology, and biogeography regarded collectively (rare); (b) the geological, chemical, and other processes of the earth regarded as interdependent and analogous to the physiological processes of a living organism.ΚΠ 1895 H. J. Mackinder in Geogr. Jrnl. 6 375 He must study geomorphology without becoming a geologist, geophysiology without becoming a physicist. 1975 Trans. Inst. Brit. Geographers No. 66 17 Mackinder..also coined the term ‘geophysiology’ to include oceanography, climatology and biogeography. 1984 J. E. Lovelock in Nature 6 Dec. 571/2 An interdisciplinary approach to earth science is more in need of contributions from geophysiology than from biogeochemistry. 1991 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 22 Sept. (Review Suppl.) 3 Lovelock develops the metaphor of the Earth as organism further in the direction of geophysiology: the planet as patient. 2008 D. S. Scott Smelling Land iv. xi. 96 What happens to the Earth's geophysiology will, in the end, surely arrive in our backyard. < as lemmas |
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