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physiography

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Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun physiography has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

physiographyn. [Gr. fy`sis nature + -graphy: cf. F. physiographie.].
  •  The science which treats of the earth's exterior physical features, climate, life, etc., and of the physical movements or changes on the earth's surface, as the currents of the atmosphere and ocean, the secular variations in heat, moisture, magnetism, etc.; physical geography.  [1913 Webster]
  •  The descriptive part of a natural science as distinguished from the explanatory or theoretic part; as, mineral physiography.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

physiography, n. the description of nature, of natural phenomena, or of a class of objects; physical geography.

Derivative
physiographer n. physiographic adj. physiographical adj. physiographically adv.
Etymology
F physiographie (as PHYSIO-, -GRAPHY)

THESAURUS

physiography

cosmical geology, dynamic geology, geodesy, geodetics, geodynamics, geognosy, geographics, geography, geological chemistry, geological engineering, geology, geomorphogeny, geomorphology, geophysics, geoscopy, geotectonic geology, historical geology, hydrogeology, mineralogy, mining geology, paleontological geology, pedology, physical geography, physical geology, physiographic geology, soil mechanics, soil science, stratigraphic geology, stratigraphy
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