physiography
physiography noun: the subfield of geography that studies physical patterns and processes of the Earth. It aims to understand the forces that produce and change rocks, oceans, weather, and global flora and fauna patterns.
Noun
physiography (countable and uncountable, plural physiographies)
- The subfield of geography that studies physical patterns and processes of the Earth. It aims to understand the forces that produce and change rocks, oceans, weather, and global flora and fauna patterns.
- Questions that bewilder the globe student of seasons are easily answered by pupils who have been taught seasons by the globeless method, as the writer knows from experience with three classes, two in astronomy and one in physiography.1914, School Science and Mathematics, volume 14, page 119
- The descriptive part of a natural science as distinguished from the explanatory or theoretical part.
- mineral physiography
physiography meaning in Tamil and Kannada
physiography in Tamil
- நிலக் கூற்றியல், இயற்கைத்தோற்றப்பாட்டு விவரணம்
physiography in Kannada
- ಪ್ರಕೃತಿ ಭೂಗೋಳ, ಭೂಮಿಯ ಬಾಹ್ಯರೂಪದ ವಿವರಣೆ, ಭೂರೂಪಾಕೃತಿ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ, ನೆಲದರಿಮೆ
Synonyms of physiography
Forms of physiography
| plural | physiographies |
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Origin of physiography
From physio- + -graphy.
Words formed from physiography
Words that rhyme with physiography
- geography
- choreography
- orthography
- topography
- chirography
- hagiography
- heliography
- phonography
- semiography
- acrography
- autography
- bibliography
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- cacography
- chromography
- demography
- discography
- iconography
- isography
- logography
- ludography
- metallography
- micrography
- paleography
- pantography
- pornography
- scenography
- typography
- videography
- aerography
- archaeography
- arteriography
- arthrography
- autobiography
- autohagiography
- biogeography
- biography
- cartography
- cerography
- chronography
- cinematography
- cosmography
- crystallography
- dactylography
- demonography
- dittography
- electrography
- enterography
- ethnography
- etymography
- exogeography
- fluorography
- galvanography
- glossography
- heterography
- historiography
- homography
- horologiography
- ichnography
- laryngography
- mechanography
Questions about physiography
- What does physiography mean?
- Physiography means the subfield of geography that studies physical patterns and processes of the Earth. It aims to understand the forces that produce and change rocks, oceans, weather, and global flora and fauna patterns.
- What is physiography in Tamil?
- Physiography in Tamil is நிலக் கூற்றியல், இயற்கைத்தோற்றப்பாட்டு விவரணம். See Physiography meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is physiography?
- Physiography is a noun.
- What is the plural of physiography?
- The plural of physiography is physiographies.
Words near physiography in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: physiography (page history and authors); physiography (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); physiography (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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