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/ˌɒrəˈɡrafᵻkli/, /ˌɔːrəˈɡrafᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌɔrəˈɡræfək(ə)li/ As regards or in terms of orography; by the action or influence of mountains.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adverb] > by action of mountains
orographically1852
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > [adverb] > caused by mountains
orographically1947
1852–3 R. S. Fisher Bk. of World 425 They are so completely separated from the Himalayas, that neither geographically nor orographically can we admit the correctness of his classification.
1877 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 33 143 The part of North Greenland here described can be geologically and orographically divided into three districts.
1902 D. G. Hogarth Nearer East 14 Here is a continuous parting of waters, but not, orographically, a continuous mountain range.
1947 Q. Jrnl. Royal Meteorol. Soc. 73 13 Warm front rain is intensified orographically, but not so much as warm sector rain.
1997 Newsday (Nexis) 20 July a55 Banner Cloud—A stationary, orographically produced cloud plume often observed to extend downwind from isolated mountain peaks, even on otherwise cloudfree days.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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