physiographyn.

Brit.

/ˌfɪzɪˈɒɡrəfi/, U.S.

/ˌfɪziˈɑɡrəfi/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: physio- comb. form¹, -graphy comb. form.

Etymology: < physio- comb. form¹ + -graphy comb. form. Compare French physiographie (1784), German Physiographie (1788 in Kant; 1840 or earlier in sense 2). With sense 2 compare earlier physical geography n. at physical adj. Compounds.

1. A description of, or the branch of knowledge that deals with, natural objects and natural phenomena. Also: (the study of) the natural features of an object or class of objects. Now rare except in sense 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > [noun] > descriptive

physiography1799

the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [noun] > description or a description of particular thing(s)

landscape1687

anthography1860

physiography1888

portrait parlé1913

1799 tr. I. Kant Ess. & Treat. II. 93 (heading) History and physiography [Ger. Naturbeschreibung] of the most remarkable cases of the earthquake which towards the end of 1755 shook a great part of the earth.

1825 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1990) IV. §5232 That which corresponds with the science of Nature or Physiography.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) Pref. 6 I borrowed the title of ‘Physiography’..for my subject, inasmuch as I wished to draw a clear line of demarcation..between it and what is commonly understood by Physical Geography.

1888 J. P. Iddings (title) Microscopical physiography of the rock-making minerals:..By H. Rosenbusch. Translated and abridged.

1891 E. Hull (title) Physiography: an introduction to the study of nature.

2. Physical geography; esp. the descriptive study of landforms. Also: the physiographic features of a region.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > [noun] > physical geography

pedography1625

physical geography1753

physiography1865

1865 W. L. Gage tr. C. Ritter Compar. Geogr. 267 The third [lecture] is an elaborate study of the Physiography of Europe.

1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age xiii. 191 To restore the physiography of the land during successive stages of the glacial epoch.

1877 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. 3 (note) This term [sc. physical geography] as here used is synonymous with Physiography, which has been proposed in its stead.

1929 Jrnl. Ecol. 17 106 A generation or so ago the general conception of the word limnology was that it covered the subject of the physiography of lakes, and that freshwater biology..was more or less a separate science.

1968 C. Embleton Glacial & Periglacial Geomorphol. (1971) II. x. 237 There is now no dispute that glaciation is responsible for the main features of fjord physiography.

1992 S. S. Hall Mapping Next Millennium (1993) iii. 85 I was looking at parts of the world that had never been seen clearly before. I was the first person in the world to see a lot of striking physiography.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	physiography
释义	physiographyn. Brit. /ˌfɪzɪˈɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˌfɪziˈɑɡrəfi/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: physio- comb. form¹, -graphy comb. form. Etymology: < physio- comb. form¹ + -graphy comb. form. Compare French physiographie (1784), German Physiographie (1788 in Kant; 1840 or earlier in sense 2). With sense 2 compare earlier physical geography n. at physical adj. Compounds. 1. A description of, or the branch of knowledge that deals with, natural objects and natural phenomena. Also: (the study of) the natural features of an object or class of objects. Now rare except in sense 2. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > [noun] > descriptive physiography1799 the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [noun] > description or a description of particular thing(s) landscape1687 anthography1860 physiography1888 portrait parlé1913 1799 tr. I. Kant Ess. & Treat. II. 93 (heading) History and physiography [Ger. Naturbeschreibung] of the most remarkable cases of the earthquake which towards the end of 1755 shook a great part of the earth. 1825 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1990) IV. §5232 That which corresponds with the science of Nature or Physiography. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) Pref. 6 I borrowed the title of ‘Physiography’..for my subject, inasmuch as I wished to draw a clear line of demarcation..between it and what is commonly understood by Physical Geography. 1888 J. P. Iddings (title) Microscopical physiography of the rock-making minerals:..By H. Rosenbusch. Translated and abridged. 1891 E. Hull (title) Physiography: an introduction to the study of nature. 2. Physical geography; esp. the descriptive study of landforms. Also: the physiographic features of a region. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > [noun] > physical geography pedography1625 physical geography1753 physiography1865 1865 W. L. Gage tr. C. Ritter Compar. Geogr. 267 The third [lecture] is an elaborate study of the Physiography of Europe. 1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age xiii. 191 To restore the physiography of the land during successive stages of the glacial epoch. 1877 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. 3 (note) This term [sc. physical geography] as here used is synonymous with Physiography, which has been proposed in its stead. 1929 Jrnl. Ecol. 17 106 A generation or so ago the general conception of the word limnology was that it covered the subject of the physiography of lakes, and that freshwater biology..was more or less a separate science. 1968 C. Embleton Glacial & Periglacial Geomorphol. (1971) II. x. 237 There is now no dispute that glaciation is responsible for the main features of fjord physiography. 1992 S. S. Hall Mapping Next Millennium (1993) iii. 85 I was looking at parts of the world that had never been seen clearly before. I was the first person in the world to see a lot of striking physiography. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1799
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