geoscopicadj.
/ˌdʒiːəˈskɒpɪk/, U.S. /ˌdʒiəˈskɑpɪk/ rare.
Relating to visual examination of geological or geographical features; relating to a view of the earth or the world.
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1882 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 344 From his rock this clear-headed man, whose eye ‘of large discourse’ seemed to have been evolved for geoscopic work..spoke to us for nearly an hour.
1904 C. Hyatt-Woolf Optical Dict. 57/1 Geoscopic Microscope, an instrument for investigating the minute structure of soils.
1989 F. Feather G-Forces 398 While the global future changes before us..geo-strategic thinking provides us with a geoscopic vision with which to objectively survey events.
2006 S. I. Pollock Lang. Gods ii. 356 Pampa (in broad accord with the new geoscopic vision) thus describes his natal village.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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