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单词 geodiversity
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geodiversityn.

Brit. /ˌdʒiːəʊdʌɪˈvəːsᵻti/, U.S. /ˌdʒioʊdəˈvərsədi/, /ˌdʒioʊˌdaɪˈvərsədi/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: geo- comb. form, diversity n.
Etymology: < geo- comb. form + diversity n. With sense 2 compare biodiversity n.
1. Chiefly in the terminology of J. K. Wright: the geographical diversity of the earth and its inhabitants.
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1966 J. K. Wright Human Nature in Geogr. Pref. p. viii This circumstance might be called either ‘the spatial diversity of the earth and its inhabitants’, or ‘terrestrial diversity in space’ or more concisely, ‘geodiversity’, and, accordingly, geography might be defined as ‘awareness concerning geodiversity’.
1993 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 28 Aug. 1 You only had to look at all those faces, the number with headphones getting a translation of our finely honed words, to realise the geodiversity.
2003 BusinessWeek 22 Sept. 73/1 These companies use geo-diversity to great advantage. Logitech, for instance, has placed its manufacturing headquarters in Taiwan..[and] its business-development headquarters in Europe.
2. Diversity of geological and geomorphological features and physical environments, esp. of a particular region.
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1992 Final Environmental Impact Rep. Caltrans' Vegetation Control Program (Jones & Stokes Associates for Calif. Dept. Transportation) 137 California's bio and geo diversity is enormous.
2010 A. Goudie & H. Viles Landscapes & Geomorphol.: Very Short Introd. viii. 109 Aligned to ideas of geoconservation has been the concept of ‘geodiversity’, which, in many ways, parallels that of biodiversity.
2019 Dorset Echo 6 Dec. Dorset..has very special geodiversity (including the World Heritage ‘Jurassic’ Coast), amazing landscape and unique wildlife diversity.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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