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Davisian

Davisian adjective: of or relating to William Morris Davis (1850–1934), American geographer, geologist, geomorphologist, and meteorologist.

Adjective

Davisian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to William Morris Davis (1850–1934), American geographer, geologist, geomorphologist, and meteorologist.
    • The point is that as fairly static pre-war Davisian geomorphology and Köppenian climate classification gave way to postwar, dynamic, process geomorphology and climate change studies, as geography went through its revolution, the field was radically transformed, geography became–and continues to...2016, Don Mitchell, Did We Accomplish the Revolution in Geographic Thought?, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2021, page 2

Origin of Davisian

From Davis + -ian.

Questions about Davisian

What does Davisian mean?
Davisian means of or relating to William Morris Davis (1850–1934), American geographer, geologist, geomorphologist, and meteorologist.
What part of speech is Davisian?
Davisian is an adjective.

Words near Davisian in the dictionary

  1. Davis Station
  2. Davis Strait
  3. Davis-Barnes effect
  4. Davis-Putnam algorithm
  5. Davises
  6. Davisian
  7. Davison
  8. Davison County
  9. Davisson
  10. Davissons
  11. Davistown

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