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bathyorographical

bathyorographical adjective: of, embodying, or pertaining to elevation heights and pelagic depths.

Adjective

bathyorographical (not comparable)

  1. Of, embodying, or pertaining to elevation heights and pelagic depths.
    • We were upon what the bathyorographical map of England terms “The Forest Ridge,” which lies between the North Downs and the sea.1916, William le Queux, The Zeppelin Destroyer: Being some Chapters of Secret History, The Library of Alexandria, (unpaginated)
    • If they are not, they can easily be grasped by a study of a bathyorographical map. That will at once show that Scotland is divided—not very effectively— from the rest of Britain by the ridge of the Cheviots running north-east to south-west.2014, V. Gordon Childe, The Prehistory Of Scotland, Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group - London and New York, page 1

Examples of bathyorographical in a sentence

  • The chapter 'The Wanderer' fully reflects a tragic, manic depressive temperament in bathyorographical imagery.2010, Malcolm Pasley, Nietzsche: Imagery and Thought: A Collection of Essays, Routledge, (unpaginated)
  • As we see from Tinto, it is not far from Culter to Biggar, which is on a totally different watershed, and does not figure on the bathyorographical map of the Clyde at all.1775, Samuel Johnson, Queen Victoria, Neil Munro, Journeys in Scotland: Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland - Leaves from the Journal...

Origin of bathyorographical

From bathy- + orographical.

Questions about bathyorographical

What does bathyorographical mean?
Bathyorographical means of, embodying, or pertaining to elevation heights and pelagic depths.
How do you use bathyorographical in a sentence?
The chapter 'The Wanderer' fully reflects a tragic, manic depressive temperament in bathyorographical imagery.
What part of speech is bathyorographical?
Bathyorographical is an adjective.

Words near bathyorographical in the dictionary

  1. bathynellacean
  2. bathynellaceans
  3. bathynomid
  4. bathynomids
  5. bathyorographic
  6. bathyorographical
  7. bathypelagic
  8. bathypelagic zone
  9. bathypelagic zones
  10. bathyphase
  11. bathyphases

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