Geographical

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Geographic \Ge`o*graph"ic\, Geographical \Ge`o*graph"ic*al\, a.
     [L. geographicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. g['e]ographique.]
     Of or pertaining to geography.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Geographical distribution}. See under {Distribution}.


  
     {Geographic latitude} (of a place), the angle included
        between a line perpendicular or normal to the level
        surface of water at rest at the place, and the plane of
        the equator; differing slightly from the geocentric
        latitude by reason of the difference between the earth's
        figure and a true sphere.
  
     {Geographical mile}. See under {Mile}.
  
     {Geographical variation}, any variation of a species which is
        dependent on climate or other geographical conditions.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  geographical
       adj 1: of or relating to the science of geography [syn: {geographic}]
       2: determined by geography; "the north and south geographic
          poles" [syn: {geographic}] [ant: {magnetic}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "geographical":
     areal, cartographic, chorographic, geodesic, geodetic, geographic,
     geological, geophysical, locational, navigational, physiographic,
     positional, regional, sectional, situal, situational, territorial,
     topographic, zonal