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geophysical, a.|dʒiːəʊˈfɪzɪkəl| [See geo- and cf. geophysics.] Of or pertaining to geophysics.
1888Science XI. 181/2 The geophysical problems which geological history has to treat. 1894Pop. Sci. Monthly Sept. 720/1 A company..proposes to devote twenty thousand dollars to the erection of a geophysical observatory. 1946Nature 28 Dec. 931/2 (title) Geophysical prospecting and English oilfields. 1955Sci. Amer. Sept. 49/1 During the Geophysical Year scientists of many disciplines will observe all the large-scale aspects of the earth: its interior, the oceans and glaciers, the lower and upper atmosphere, gravity and magnetism, and the extraterrestrial forces which profoundly influence these interacting features. 1970Earth-Sci. Rev. VI. 275 Geophysical zones (e.g., electric-log zone, velocity zone, radioactivity zone). |