Definition of Physiography

1. Noun. The study of physical features of the earth's surface.

Exact synonyms: Physical Geography
Generic synonyms: Geographics, Geography

Definition of Physiography

1. n. 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.

2. n. The descriptive part of a natural science as distinguished from the explanatory or theoretic part; as, mineral physiography.

Definition of Physiography

1. Noun. (geography) The subfield of geography that studies physical patterns and processes of the Earth. It aims to understand the forces that produce and change rocks, oceans, weather, and global flora and fauna patterns. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Physiography

1. [n -PHIES]

Medical Definition of Physiography

1. 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. Origin: Gr. Nature: cf. F. Physiographie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Physiography

physiognomize
physiognomized
physiognomizes
physiognomizing
physiognomonic
physiognomy
physiognosis
physiognotrace
physiogony
physiographer
physiographers
physiographic
physiographical
physiographically
physiographies
physiography (current term)
physiolatries
physiolatry
physiologer
physiologers
physiologic
physiologic age
physiologic albuminuria
physiologic amenorrhoea
physiologic anaemia
physiologic anisocoria
physiologic antidote
physiologic congestion
physiologic cup
physiologic dead space

Literary usage of Physiography

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Geography by National Council of Geography Teachers (U.S.) (1905)
"physiography IN THE UNIVERSITY* BY CF MARBUT Professor of Geology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo. physiography in this paper means morphology of the ..."

2. Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education by National Society for the Study of Education (1908)
"It may therefore be urged that the mature development of systematic physiography will do much to advance the mature understanding of regional physiography, ..."

3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1893)
"Under the name of physiography natural sciences were, so to say, ... However, the very form which physiography assumed in his well-known textbook, ..."

4. EcoRegions of Alaskaby Alisa L. Gallant by Alisa L. Gallant (1998)
"Arctic Foothills physiography and drainage pattern 13 6. ... Brooks Range physiography 14 9. Brooks Range unstable slopes 16 10. Brooks Range vegetation 16 ..."

5. High School Education: Professional Treatments of the Administrative by Charles Hughes Johnston (1912)
"physiography may be termed the rational phase of general geography. ... A gorge is observed to exist be- 1 In this discussion physiography and physical ..."

6. Treatise on Mineralogy: Or, The Natural History of the Mineral Kingdom by Friedrich Mohs (1825)
"physiography, therefore, cannot acquiesce in considering single characters ... It is perfectly indifferent what nomenclature is made use of in physiography, ..."

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