geographicadj.

Brit.

/ˌdʒiːəˈɡrafɪk/,

/dʒɪəˈɡrafɪk/, U.S.

/ˌdʒiəˈɡræfɪk/

Forms: 1600s geographick, 1600s geographicke, 1600s– geographic.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin geographicus; Greek γεωγραϕικός.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin geographicus geographical (4th cent.) and its etymon Hellenistic Greek γεωγραϕικός < γεωγράϕος geographus n. + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare French géographique (1532 in Middle French as geographique ), Spanish geográfico (late 16th cent.), Italian geografico (a1642 or earlier), German geographisch (1548; now also geografisch ). Compare earlier geographical adj.

= geographical adj. 1.In quot. 1630: expert in geography.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > [adjective]

geographical1555

cosmical1582

geographic1603

1603 tr. G. de Nautonier Mecographie of Loadstone sig. ¶¶3^v Ze scal find aisilie, be addition, or soustraction, ye lenthe Geographick [Fr. la longitude Geographique].

1630 W. Davenant Just Italian i. sig. C1^v The Geographicke Captaine shall no more Studie the Town Mappe.

1636 (title) Atlas; or a geographic description of the world, by Gerard Mercator and John Hondt.

1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. ii. 1 Hee first set forth a Geographick table.

1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I iii. ii. 31 The Geographic descriptions, which the ancient Pagan Historians give of the dispersion of Noah's Posteritie.

1719 E. Halley in Philos. Trans. 1717–19 (Royal Soc.) 30 985 So that in a round Number we may conclude it to have been just 60 Geographic or 69 Statute Miles above the Earth's Surface.

a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1847) III. ii. 35 When the affairs of this little spot, which we call Britain, shall appear of no more importance than our island itself in a geographic picture.

1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 405/1 There are two kinds of terrestrial maps—geographic or land maps, and hydrographic or sea maps.

1887 J. C. Pilling Bibliogr. Siouan Langs. 32 Geographic names derived from various Indian languages: Kansas, Iowa, Omaha, Ponca.

1927 Harper's Mag. Oct. 595/1 There is more need for a new geographic world-outlook now than there ever has been since Magellan's three impudent ships sailed into the west.

1970 G. Germani in I. L. Horowitz Masses in Lat. Amer. viii. 295 The demographic impact of immigration was increased by the geographic concentration of the foreigners.

2006 P. Williams-Forson Building Houses out of Chicken Legs i. i. 15 This chapter will limit its geographic focus mainly to areas of the Maryland and Virginia Chesapeake.

Compounds

geographic information system n. Computing an information system which allows the user to analyse, display, and manipulate spatial data, such as from surveying and remote sensing, typically in the production of maps; abbreviated GIS.

ΚΠ

1965 W. L. Garrison et al. in P. C. Badgley Sci. Exper. Manned Orbital Flight 149 Whatever the characteristics of a geographic information system, it must be able to respond to queries put to it by scientific and non-scientific users.

1992 Earth Matters Winter 25/1 Using a geographic information system to analyse data from a variety of sources, IUCN has built up a country-by-country picture of Africa's remaining moist forests.

1999 U.S. News & World Rep. 1 Nov. 99/3 The Pittsburgh police caught the crooks by using geographic information systems.

2007 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 14 Jan. xvii. 3/4 Elmhurst College has recently launched its new certificate program in Geographic Information Systems.

geographic latitude n. the angle made with the plane of the equator by a perpendicular to the earth's surface at any point; spec. the angular distance on its meridian of a point on the earth's surface from the equator; = latitude n. 4b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > geodetic references > [noun] > latitude

parallela1544

sublevation1556

height1585

latitude1622

degree1647

elevation1686

geographical latitude1712

geographic latitude1750

1750 J. Robertson tr. N. L. de La Caille Elements Astron. iv. vi. 255 The geographic latitude of a place is the complement of its distance from the pole.

1879 S. Newcomb & E. S. Holden Astron. for Schools & Coll. 203 It will be observed that it is the geocentric and not the geographic latitude which gives the true position of the observer relative to the earth's centre.

1976 T. Beer Aerospace Environment vi. 113 At around fifty-five degrees geographic latitude the plasmapause is in the F region and it is almost vertical.

2006 Plant Physiol. 142 40/1 These hemispheric asymmetries..are significantly better correlated with magnetic (dip) latitude than with geographic or geomagnetic (centred dipole) latitude.

geographic pole n. = geographical pole at pole n.² 1a.

ΚΠ

1839 G. Bird Elements Nat. Philos. vii. 151 This dip nearly disappears, as there both poles are equidistant from the geographic poles of the earth.

1917 Science 11 May 448/1 Ferrel..predicted..the existence of whirls about the earth's geographic poles surrounding areas of calm and low atmospheric pressure.

1995 Canad. Geographic Jan. 9/1 Unlike the north geographic pole..the north magnetic pole refuses to stay in one place.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	geographic
释义	geographicadj. Brit. /ˌdʒiːəˈɡrafɪk/, /dʒɪəˈɡrafɪk/, U.S. /ˌdʒiəˈɡræfɪk/ Forms: 1600s geographick, 1600s geographicke, 1600s– geographic. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin geographicus; Greek γεωγραϕικός. Etymology: < post-classical Latin geographicus geographical (4th cent.) and its etymon Hellenistic Greek γεωγραϕικός < γεωγράϕος geographus n. + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare French géographique (1532 in Middle French as geographique ), Spanish geográfico (late 16th cent.), Italian geografico (a1642 or earlier), German geographisch (1548; now also geografisch ). Compare earlier geographical adj. = geographical adj. 1.In quot. 1630: expert in geography. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > [adjective] geographical1555 cosmical1582 geographic1603 1603 tr. G. de Nautonier Mecographie of Loadstone sig. ¶¶3^v Ze scal find aisilie, be addition, or soustraction, ye lenthe Geographick [Fr. la longitude Geographique]. 1630 W. Davenant Just Italian i. sig. C1^v The Geographicke Captaine shall no more Studie the Town Mappe. 1636 (title) Atlas; or a geographic description of the world, by Gerard Mercator and John Hondt. 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. ii. 1 Hee first set forth a Geographick table. 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I iii. ii. 31 The Geographic descriptions, which the ancient Pagan Historians give of the dispersion of Noah's Posteritie. 1719 E. Halley in Philos. Trans. 1717–19 (Royal Soc.) 30 985 So that in a round Number we may conclude it to have been just 60 Geographic or 69 Statute Miles above the Earth's Surface. a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1847) III. ii. 35 When the affairs of this little spot, which we call Britain, shall appear of no more importance than our island itself in a geographic picture. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 405/1 There are two kinds of terrestrial maps—geographic or land maps, and hydrographic or sea maps. 1887 J. C. Pilling Bibliogr. Siouan Langs. 32 Geographic names derived from various Indian languages: Kansas, Iowa, Omaha, Ponca. 1927 Harper's Mag. Oct. 595/1 There is more need for a new geographic world-outlook now than there ever has been since Magellan's three impudent ships sailed into the west. 1970 G. Germani in I. L. Horowitz Masses in Lat. Amer. viii. 295 The demographic impact of immigration was increased by the geographic concentration of the foreigners. 2006 P. Williams-Forson Building Houses out of Chicken Legs i. i. 15 This chapter will limit its geographic focus mainly to areas of the Maryland and Virginia Chesapeake. Compounds geographic information system n. Computing an information system which allows the user to analyse, display, and manipulate spatial data, such as from surveying and remote sensing, typically in the production of maps; abbreviated GIS. ΚΠ 1965 W. L. Garrison et al. in P. C. Badgley Sci. Exper. Manned Orbital Flight 149 Whatever the characteristics of a geographic information system, it must be able to respond to queries put to it by scientific and non-scientific users. 1992 Earth Matters Winter 25/1 Using a geographic information system to analyse data from a variety of sources, IUCN has built up a country-by-country picture of Africa's remaining moist forests. 1999 U.S. News & World Rep. 1 Nov. 99/3 The Pittsburgh police caught the crooks by using geographic information systems. 2007 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 14 Jan. xvii. 3/4 Elmhurst College has recently launched its new certificate program in Geographic Information Systems. geographic latitude n. the angle made with the plane of the equator by a perpendicular to the earth's surface at any point; spec. the angular distance on its meridian of a point on the earth's surface from the equator; = latitude n. 4b. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > geodetic references > [noun] > latitude parallela1544 sublevation1556 height1585 latitude1622 degree1647 elevation1686 geographical latitude1712 geographic latitude1750 1750 J. Robertson tr. N. L. de La Caille Elements Astron. iv. vi. 255 The geographic latitude of a place is the complement of its distance from the pole. 1879 S. Newcomb & E. S. Holden Astron. for Schools & Coll. 203 It will be observed that it is the geocentric and not the geographic latitude which gives the true position of the observer relative to the earth's centre. 1976 T. Beer Aerospace Environment vi. 113 At around fifty-five degrees geographic latitude the plasmapause is in the F region and it is almost vertical. 2006 Plant Physiol. 142 40/1 These hemispheric asymmetries..are significantly better correlated with magnetic (dip) latitude than with geographic or geomagnetic (centred dipole) latitude. geographic pole n. = geographical pole at pole n.² 1a. ΚΠ 1839 G. Bird Elements Nat. Philos. vii. 151 This dip nearly disappears, as there both poles are equidistant from the geographic poles of the earth. 1917 Science 11 May 448/1 Ferrel..predicted..the existence of whirls about the earth's geographic poles surrounding areas of calm and low atmospheric pressure. 1995 Canad. Geographic Jan. 9/1 Unlike the north geographic pole..the north magnetic pole refuses to stay in one place. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1603
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