geographical

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Scrabble points
21
Words With Friends
25
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/d͡ʒiəˈɡɹæfɪkl̩/

Definition of geographical

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of or relating to geography.
    “Morality knows nothing of geographical boundaries, or distinctions of race.”
    “ONE OF the facts which define the United States is that its national and its imperial boundaries are the same. Another is that it is a political unit which occupies a remarkably compact geographical unit of continental extent.”
    “Clearly, the plane of the frame must be dominant, since that is the only plane that actually exists on the screen. Composition for this plane, however, is often influenced by factors in the geographical plane since, unless we are dealing with animation, a photographer or cinematographer must compose for the frame plane in the geographical plane.”
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adj

  1. Of or relating to geography.
    “Morality knows nothing of geographical boundaries, or distinctions of race.”
    “ONE OF the facts which define the United States is that its national and its imperial boundaries are the same. Another is that it is a political unit which occupies a remarkably compact geographical unit of continental extent.”
    “Clearly, the plane of the frame must be dominant, since that is the only plane that actually exists on the screen. Composition for this plane, however, is often influenced by factors in the geographical plane since, unless we are dealing with animation, a photographer or cinematographer must compose for the frame plane in the geographical plane.”

noun

  1. (informal)A move to another place in the hope of curing an addiction etc.
    “At QA they called these 'Geographicals'. It was a common tactic of the alcoholic type to think that a move would make all the difference.”
    “There were always too many geographicals. That is a change of address.”
    “'Doing Geographicals' The word 'geographical' comes from the recovery community. It refers to one of the actions that an alcoholic mistakenly takes in order to 'fix' their problems.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Late Latin geōgraphicus + -al. By surface analysis, geography + -ical.

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