单词 | geographics |
释义 | geographicsn.ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > [noun] geographyc1540 geographics1610 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 65 You may see, if you list to compare his Geographicks [L. Geographica] with his booke of Great Construction. 1672 T. Blount Animadversions Richard Baker's Chron. 88 Here our Continuator is out again in his Geographics, For there is no part of the river Wye (or Wey) within 24 myles of Madeley. 1726 W. Gordon Hist. Family Gordon I. 3 Of which Town Stephanus makes Mention in his Book de urbibus, as does Ptolemy in his Geographicks. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. viii. 64/1 Statistics, Geographics, Topographics came, through the Eye, almost of their own accord. 2. With singular or plural agreement. Geographical statistics; (also) graphics based on geographical data. ΚΠ 1966 Geogr. Rev. 56 585 William Warntz spoke on ‘Geographics—The Modern Reunion of Geometry, Geography, and Graphics’. 1973 Nature 16 Feb. 426/2 Studies on regional faunal distributions and their role in the interpretation of ancient geographics received attention. 2003 S. White Compl. Idiot's Guide Marketing (ed. 2) vi. 70 Geographics are destiny, purchase-wise. When it comes to where we live, ‘birds of a feather flock together’. 2009 D. Funk & A. M. Levis Conscious Branding xii. 120 Geographics is often considered part of demographics, but it is sometimes worthwhile to separate geographic data out of demographic data. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1610 |
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