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单词 geomorphic
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geomorphicadj.

Brit. /ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)ˈmɔːfɪk/, /dʒɪəˈmɔːfɪk/, U.S. /ˌdʒioʊˈmɔrfɪk/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: geo- comb. form, -morphic comb. form.
Etymology: < geo- comb. form + -morphic comb. form. Compare slightly later geomorphy n. In sense 2 after anthropomorphic adj.
1. Of or relating to the natural physical features of the earth's surface; (of a process, agent, etc.) shaping such features; geomorphological.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > [adjective]
geomorphic1835
topogenous1939
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > [adjective]
geomorphic1835
1835 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 4 58 The Lithological details of the Sewálik formation..will read as instructive a lesson regarding the Geomorphic operations, at the foot of the Himalayas, during centuries of ages past.
1894 Bull. Dept. Geol. Univ. Calif. 1 242 The present geomorphy is the result of..the advance in the new geomorphic cycle to a stage of late adolescence or early maturity.
1934 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 66 344 Geomorphic studies in Uganda reveal an arid climate in late Pliocene times.
1954 W. D. Thornbury Princ. Geomorphol. iii. 63 Under a certain set of climatic conditions particular geomorphic processes will predominate.
1989 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) June 13/2 Christiansen's interpretation of geomorphic evidence—chaneled flows of volcanic debris recorded in satellite photographs.
2005 E. Kuusisto in M. Seppälä Physical Geogr. Fennoscandia (2008) ix. 169/2 Snow avalanches are active geomorphic agents of erosion.
2. Of heaven, another world, etc.: resembling the earth in form or fashion. Contrasted with anthropomorphic.
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1894 L. A. Tollemache in Jrnl. Educ. Jan. 61/2 Our posthumous selves are likely to be less anthropomorphic, and heaven..less geomorphic, than..we are apt to expect.
1957 I. M. Crombie in B. Mitchell Faith & Logic ii. 50 The simple piety of simple people with their anthropomorphic God and geomorphic heaven.
2005 J. E. Gunn & M. Candelaria Speculations on Speculation 71 Its [sc. science fiction's] figures may but do not have to be anthropomorphic or its localities geomorphic.

Derivatives

geoˈmorphically adv. in geomorphic terms; by geomorphic processes.
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1893 14th Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. 1892–3: Pt. 1 229 The greater part of the coastal plain and much of the contiguous provinces were studied geomorphically.
1935 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 25 29 He viewed Physical Geography geologically or geomorphically.
1969 Nature 15 Mar. 1005/1 Geomorphically, Aldabra consists of a peripheral narrow ridge 8 m above sea level, with a lower terrace cut into its seaward face.
2008 Jrnl. Arizona-Nevada Acad. Sci. 40 134/1 Those two sites had been geomorphically restored 5 yr prior to our study.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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