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Definition of Physiographical
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Physiographical
1. Of or pertaining to physiography. Origin: Cf. F. Physiographique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Physiographical
Literary usage of Physiographical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Geology and Palæontology to the End of the Nineteenth Century by Karl Alfred von Zittel (1901)
"Physiographical GEOLOGY. THE subject of physiographical geology coincides in
essential features with that of geophysics (or physical geography). ..."
2. Textbook of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1882)
"... of geological enquiry which deals with the evolution of the existing contours
of the dry land is termed Physiographical Geology. ..."
3. History of Geology and Palaeontology to the End of the Nineteenth Century by Karl Alfred von Zittel (1914)
"CHAPTER II, Physiographical GEOLOGY. THE subject of physiographical ... years later
followed the important geographical and physiographical text-books of ..."
4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1884)
"... from the Mountain Lakes of the Sierra Nevada, with remarks on allied species
and the physiographical features of aaid region, 168, 171. Townsend, Chas. ..."
5. The Student's Handbook of Physical Geology by Alfred John Jukes-Browne (1892)
"... position to deal with the problems of Physiographical Geology, or that branch
of the science which seeks to account for the existence of the varied ..."