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ge⋅og⋅ra⋅phy

  [jee-og-ruh-fee]
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–noun, plural -phies.
1. the science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earth's surface, as shown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations over the world of such elements as climate, elevation, soil, vegetation, population, land use, industries, or states, and of the unit areas formed by the complex of these individual elements.
2. the study of this science.
3. the topographical features of a region, usually of the earth, sometimes of the planets.
4. a book dealing with this science or study, as a textbook.
5. the arrangement of features of any complex entity: the geography of the mind.
Origin:
1535–45; < L geōgraphia < Gk geōgraphía earth description. See geo-, -graphy
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ge·og·ra·phy   (jē-ŏg'rə-fē)   
n.   pl. ge·og·ra·phies
  1. The study of the earth and its features and of the distribution of life on the earth, including human life and the effects of human activity.
  2. The physical characteristics, especially the surface features, of an area.
  3. A book on geography.
  4. An ordered arrangement of constituent elements: charting a geography of the mind.

[Latin geōgraphia, from Greek geōgraphiā : geō-, geo- + -graphiā, -graphy.]
ge·og'ra·pher n.
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Geography

Ge*og"ra*phy\, n.; pl. Geographies. [F. g['e]ographie, l. geographia, fr. Gr. ?; ge`a, gh^, the earth + ? description, fr. ? to write, describe. See Graphic.]

1. The science which treats of the world and its inhabitants; a description of the earth, or a portion of the earth, including its structure, fetures, products, political divisions, and the people by whom it is inhabited.

2. A treatise on this science.

Astronomical, or Mathematical, geography treats of the earth as a planet, of its shape, its size, its lines of latitude and longitude, its zones, and the phenomena due to to the earth's diurnal and annual motions.

Physical geography treats of the conformation of the earth's surface, of the distribution of land and water, of minerals, plants, animals, etc., and applies the principles of physics to the explanation of the diversities of climate, productions, etc.

Political geography treats of the different countries into which earth is divided with regard to political and social and institutions and conditions.
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Language Translation for : geography
Spanish: geografía,
German: die Geographie,
Japanese: 地理
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geography 
1542, from Fr., from L., from Gk. geographia "description of the earth's surface," from ge "earth" + -graphia "description," from graphein "write."
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geography   (jē-ŏg'rə-fē)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. The scientific study of the Earth's surface and its various climates, countries, peoples, and natural resources.
  2. The physical characteristics, especially the surface features, of an area.

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