ontographicadj.
/ɒntəˈɡrafɪk/, U.S. /ˌɑn(t)əˈɡræfɪk/ Of or relating to ontography.
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1903 N.E.D. at Onto- Ontography, a description of the nature and essence of things..; so ontographic a.
1905 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 37 514 I have attempted to show the relation between the main physiographic facts and the main ontographic or animate facts.
1923 Mind 32 264 Reality requires to be viewed from four successive points of view.., respectively (1) ontographic (descriptive of qualities), (2) ontogenetic (history of the transformations of an object)..[etc.]
1988 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 154/1 He became one of the pioneers in the ontographic departure from Davisian physiography.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1903- burial-office
- burial-place
- burial-procession
- burial-service
- burial-society
- burial-stone
- burial-torch
- burial-truce
- burial-urn
- burial-vault
- burial-yard
- burialaisle
- burialboard
- burialcake
- burialcase
- burialchamber
- burialcloth
- burialclothes
- burialer
- burialfeast
- burialfield
- burialground
- burialhill
- buriallaw
- burialmound