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Definition of Orographic
1. a. Of or pertaining to orography.
Definition of Orographic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the physical features of mountains, or to orography ¹
2. Adjective. (meteorology) Of or pertaining to the effects of mountains on weather ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Orographic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Orographic
1. Of or pertaining to orography. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orographic
Literary usage of Orographic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Earth and Its Inhabitants by Élisée Reclus (1894)
"The characteristic feature of South America, as compared with other continents,
is the remarkable regularity of the orographic system which forms its ..."
2. Sketches of Creation: A Popular View of Some of the Grand Conclusions of the by Alexander Winchell (1870)
"Hydrographic and Orographic Outlines of North America. lent angle of the same ridge.
The "great lakes" themselves are but links in the vast chain of lakes ..."
3. Central and South America by Augustus Henry Keane, Clements Robert Markham (1901)
"... Mediterranean—The Greater Antilles—Orographic System —The Bahamas—Coralline
Formations—Communications between the Inland and Oceanic Waters—The Lesser ..."
4. Africa by Augustus Henry Keane (1907)
"... Atlas Scenery—Secondary Orographic Systems in Marocco—Geology of the Atlas
Ranges; Mineral Resources — Natural Features of Algeria: Tell, Steppe, ..."
5. Argentine: Past, Present and Future by Elmer Lawrence Corthell (1903)
"An orographic map of South America will show what immense areas are given up ...
Some mighty Orographic Map of S. America. force seems to have pushed them ..."
6. The Bottom of the Sea by Léon Sonrel (1875)
"Construction of Charts and Sections of the Ocean Bottom—But little as yet known
of this subject—Maury, the Founder of Submarine Orographic Science. ..."
7. Chemical and Physical Studies in the Metamorphism of Rocks: Based on a by A. Irving (1889)
"... of the schists have crystallized in the presence of superheated water, though
not ' precipitated' in aqueous basins. NOTE H. Orographic Structure ..."
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