geographic

B2
US /d͡ʒiəˈɡɹæfɪk/
adj Freq #20497

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    determined by geography

    the north and south geographic poles

  2. 2
    adj

    Pertaining to geography (or to geographics).

    In his book, Polystate: A Thought Experiment in Distributed Government, Zach Weinersmith speculates about what governments would look like if they didn’t rule over geographic locations, but instead ruled over minds.

  3. 3
    adj

    of or relating to the science of geography

  4. 4
    adj

    Determined by geography, as opposed to magnetic (i.e. North)

Etymology

From Latin geōgraphicus; see French géographique. By surface analysis, geography + -ic.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · determined by geography geographical
3 adj · of or relating to the... geographical
Word family
Derived forms anthropogeographicbiogeographicchronogeographiccytogeographicecogeographicethnogeographicgenographichydrogeographicichthyogeographicmacrogeographicmicrogeographicmorphogeographic
Related forms geographergeographicalgeographicallygeography

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