单词 | climatography |
释义 | climatographyn. A quantitative description of the climate in a particular region or country; the branch of physical science which deals with this. ΚΠ 1813 Monthly Rev. 72 508 ‘Climatography,’ says the author [sc. W. Butte, writing in French]..‘depends greatly on a previous knowledge of climatology, that is, a knowledge of the causes which affect the temperature of a country.’ 1875 W. C. Kerr Rep. Geol. Surv. N. Carolina I. ii. 106 There is left enough to record in a very impressive manner the bearing of the peculiar climatography of the State. 1945 Ecology 26 314/2 Most disappointing is the rather primitive treatment of graphical representation of data in the parts on spatial comparison and climatography. 1997 J. E. Hobbs in R. D. Thompson & A. Perry Appl. Climatol. i. 3 Oliver (1981) saw applied climatology as one of four major subgroups of climatology together with climatography, physical climatology and dynamic climatology. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1813 |
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