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单词 pedography
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pedographyn.

Brit. /pᵻˈdɒɡrəfi/, /pɛˈdɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /pəˈdɑɡrəfi/
Forms: 1600s pedographie, 1900s– pedography.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pedo- comb. form2, -graphy comb. form.
Etymology: < pedo- comb. form2 + -graphy comb. form. Compare pedology n.
1. The scientific description of the natural features of the land areas of the earth; physical geography. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > [noun]
chorography1617
pedography1625
topography1642
paysage1650
face1673
the lie of the land1697
carte du pays1744
terrain1766
network1839
landscape1886
land form1893
microtopography1941
the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > [noun] > physical geography
pedography1625
physical geography1753
physiography1865
1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. ix. 140 This description of the dry-land separated from the Waters, we haue termed Pedographie.
2. The scientific description of soil types and their distribution.
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1930 G.-H. Smith in Science 4 Apr. 363/2 If climatography is appropriate for that division of climatology which treats of regional climate, so pedography may be used for that division of pedology which treats the geographical distribution of soils.
1962 J. E. Van Riper Man's Physical World i. 2 (table) Soils. Pedology or pedography.
1999 Revista Brasileira de Ciencia do Solo 23 107 The morphology, physics, chemistry, mineralogy and pedography of soil profiles with a mollic horizon at Nazare da Mata, Pernambuco, Brazil, were characterized.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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