Physiography

3 definitions found

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

  Physiography \Phys`i*og"ra*phy\ (f[i^]z`[i^]*[o^]g"r[.a]*f[y^]),
     n. [Gr. fy`sis nature + -graphy: cf. F. physiographie.]
     1. The science which treats of the earth's exterior physical
        features, climate, life, etc., and of the physical
        movements or changes on the earth's surface, as the
        currents of the atmosphere and ocean, the secular


        variations in heat, moisture, magnetism, etc.; physical
        geography.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The descriptive part of a natural science as distinguished
        from the explanatory or theoretic part; as, mineral
        physiography.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  physiography
       n : the study of physical features of the earth's surface [syn:
           {physical geography}]

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

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "physiography":
     cosmical geology, dynamic geology, geodesy, geodetics, geodynamics,
     geognosy, geographics, geography, geological chemistry,
     geological engineering, geology, geomorphogeny, geomorphology,
     geophysics, geoscopy, geotectonic geology, historical geology,
     hydrogeology, mineralogy, mining geology, paleontological geology,
     pedology, physical geography, physical geology,
     physiographic geology, soil mechanics, soil science,
     stratigraphic geology, stratigraphy