macrogeographicadj.
/ˌmakrəʊˌdʒiːəˈɡrafɪk/, /ˌmakrəʊdʒɪəˈɡrafɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌmækroʊˌdʒiəˈɡræfɪk/ Geography.
Of or relating to macrogeography.
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1965 W. Warntz Macrogeogr. & Income Fronts i. 13 Here it will be stressed that from the microgeographic discrete distribution of population and income, a macrogeographic continuous distribution has been created.
1975 Geogr. Anal. (Columbus, Ohio) 7 411 The familiar potential of population can be generalized to yield a class of functions over the real plane, which may collectively be termed ‘macrogeographic functions’.
1993 Heredity 70 160/1 The macrogeographic pattern of breeding system variation in D[aphnia] pulex is most readily explained by assuming that the current continuous distribution of the species across North America is a consequence of dispersal from two separate glacial refugia.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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