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English Dictionary: geographical mile	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gas service n a public utility that provides gas [syn: gas company, gas service]
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Gasherbrum n a mountain in northern Kashmir (26,470 feet high)
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geographer n an expert on geography
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geographic adj of or relating to the science of geography [syn: geographic, geographical] determined by geography; "the north and south geographic poles" Synonym(s): geographic, geographical Antonym(s): magnetic
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geographic area n a demarcated area of the Earth [syn: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region]
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geographic expedition n to travel for the purpose of discovery [syn: exploration, geographic expedition]
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geographic point n a point on the surface of the Earth [syn: {geographic point}, geographical point]
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geographic region n a demarcated area of the Earth [syn: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region]
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geographical adj of or relating to the science of geography [syn: geographic, geographical] determined by geography; "the north and south geographic poles" Synonym(s): geographic, geographical Antonym(s): magnetic
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geographical area n a demarcated area of the Earth [syn: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region]
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geographical mile n a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile Synonym(s): nautical mile, naut mi, mile, mi, geographical mile, Admiralty mile
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geographical point n a point on the surface of the Earth [syn: {geographic point}, geographical point]
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geographical region n a demarcated area of the Earth [syn: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region]
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geographical zone n any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude Synonym(s): zone, geographical zone
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geographically adv with respect to geography; "they are geographically closer to the center of town"
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geographics n study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation Synonym(s): geography, geographics
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geography n study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation Synonym(s): geography, geographics
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Carbon \Car"bon\ (k[aum]r"b[ocr]n), n. [F. carbone, fr. L. carbo coal; cf. Skr. [cced]r[amac] to cook.] (Chem.) An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, and enters largely into mineral coals. In its pure crystallized state it constitutes the diamond, the hardest of known substances, occuring in monometric crystals like the octahedron, etc. Another modification is graphite, or blacklead, and in this it is soft, and occurs in hexagonal prisms or tables. When united with oxygen it forms carbon dioxide, commonly called carbonic acid, or carbonic oxide, according to the proportions of the oxygen; when united with hydrogen, it forms various compounds called hydrocarbons. Compare {Diamond}, and {Graphite}. {Carbon compounds}, {Compounds of carbon} (Chem.), those compounds consisting largely of carbon, commonly produced by animals and plants, and hence called organic compounds, though their synthesis may be effected in many cases in the laboratory. The formation of the compounds of carbon is not dependent upon the life process. --I. Remsen {Carbon dioxide}, {Carbon monoxide}. (Chem.) See under {Carbonic}. {Carbon light} (Elec.), an extremely brilliant electric light produced by passing a galvanic current through two carbon points kept constantly with their apexes neary in contact. {Carbon point} (Elec.), a small cylinder or bit of gas carbon moved forward by clockwork so that, as it is burned away by the electric current, it shall constantly maintain its proper relation to the opposing point. {Carbon tissue}, paper coated with gelatine and pigment, used in the autotype process of photography. --Abney. {Gas carbon}, a compact variety of carbon obtained as an incrustation on the interior of gas retorts, and used for the manufacture of the carbon rods of pencils for the voltaic, arc, and for the plates of voltaic batteries, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Note: Gas is often used adjectively or in combination; as, gas fitter or gasfitter; gas meter or gas-meter, etc. {Air gas} (Chem.), a kind of gas made by forcing air through some volatile hydrocarbon, as the lighter petroleums. The air is so saturated with combustible vapor as to be a convenient illuminating and heating agent. {Gas battery} (Elec.), a form of voltaic battery, in which gases, especially hydrogen and oxygen, are the active agents. {Gas carbon}, {Gas coke}, etc. See under {Carbon}, {Coke}, etc. {Gas coal}, a bituminous or hydrogenous coal yielding a high percentage of volatile matters, and therefore available for the manufacture of illuminating gas. --R. W. Raymond. {Gas engine}, an engine in which the motion of the piston is produced by the combustion or sudden production or expansion of gas; -- especially, an engine in which an explosive mixture of gas and air is forced into the working cylinder and ignited there by a gas flame or an electric spark.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Geographer \Geog"rapher\, n. One versed in geography.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Geographic \Ge`ograph"ic\, Geographical \Ge`ograph"ic*al\, a. [L. geographicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. g[82]ographique.] Of or pertaining to geography. {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Geographic \Ge`ograph"ic\, Geographical \Ge`ograph"ic*al\, a. [L. geographicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. g[82]ographique.] Of or pertaining to geography. {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mile \Mile\, n. [AS. m[c6]l, fr. L. millia, milia; pl. of mille a thousand, i. e., milia passuum a thousand paces. Cf. {Mill} the tenth of a cent, {Million}.] A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet. Note: The distance called a mile varies greatly in different countries. Its length in yards is, in Norway, 12,182; in Brunswick, 11,816; in Sweden, 11,660; in Hungary, 9,139; in Switzerland, 8,548; in Austria, 8,297; in Prussia, 8,238; in Poland, 8,100; in Italy, 2,025; in England and the United States, 1,760; in Spain, 1,552; in the Netherlands, 1,094. {Geographical}, [or] {Nautical mile}, one sixtieth of a degree of a great circle of the earth, or 6080.27 feet. {Mile run}. Same as {Train mile}. See under {Train}. {Roman mile}, a thousand paces, equal to 1,614 yards English measure. {Statute mile}, a mile conforming to statute, that is, in England and the United States, a mile of 5,280 feet, as distinguished from any other mile.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Geographic \Ge`ograph"ic\, Geographical \Ge`ograph"ic*al\, a. [L. geographicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. g[82]ographique.] Of or pertaining to geography. {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Note: Co[94]rdinates are of several kinds, consisting in some of the different cases, of the following elements, namely: (a) (Geom. of Two Dimensions) The abscissa and ordinate of any point, taken together; as the abscissa PY and ordinate PX of the point P (Fig. 2, referred to the co[94]rdinate axes AY and AX. (b) Any radius vector PA (Fig. 1), together with its angle of inclination to a fixed line, APX, by which any point A in the same plane is referred to that fixed line, and a fixed point in it, called the pole, P. (c) (Geom. of Three Dimensions) Any three lines, or distances, PB, PC, PD (Fig. 3), taken parallel to three co[94]rdinate axes, AX, AY, AZ, and measured from the corresponding co[94]rdinate fixed planes, YAZ, XAZ, XAY, to any point in space, P, whose position is thereby determined with respect to these planes and axes. (d) A radius vector, the angle which it makes with a fixed plane, and the angle which its projection on the plane makes with a fixed line line in the plane, by which means any point in space at the free extremity of the radius vector is referred to that fixed plane and fixed line, and a fixed point in that line, the pole of the radius vector. {Cartesian co[94]rdinates}. See under {Cartesian}. {Geographical co[94]rdinates}, the latitude and longitude of a place, by which its relative situation on the globe is known. The height of the above the sea level constitutes a third co[94]rdinate. {Polar co[94]rdinates}, co[94]rdinates made up of a radius vector and its angle of inclination to another line, or a line and plane; as those defined in (b) and (d) above. {Rectangular co[94]rdinates}, co[94]rdinates the axes of which intersect at right angles. {Rectilinear co[94]rdinates}, co[94]rdinates made up of right lines. Those defined in (a) and (c) above are called also {Cartesian co[94]rdinates}. {Trigonometrical} [or] {Spherical co[94]rdinates}, elements of reference, by means of which the position of a point on the surface of a sphere may be determined with respect to two great circles of the sphere. {Trilinear co[94]rdinates}, co[94]rdinates of a point in a plane, consisting of the three ratios which the three distances of the point from three fixed lines have one to another.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Distribution \Dis`tri*bu"tion\, n. [L. distributio: cf. F. distribution.] 1. The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the distribution of an estate among heirs or children. The phenomena of geological distribution are exactly analogous to those of geography. --A. R. Wallace. 2. Separation into parts or classes; arrangement of anything into parts; disposition; classification. 3. That which is distributed. [bd]Our charitable distributions.[b8] --Atterbury. 4. (Logic) A resolving a whole into its parts. 5. (Print.) The sorting of types and placing them in their proper boxes in the cases. 6. (Steam Engine) The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston; viz., admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission. {Geographical distribution}, the natural arrangements of animals and plants in particular regions or districts. Syn: Apportionments; allotment; dispensation; disposal; dispersion; classification; arrangement.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Geographic \Ge`ograph"ic\, Geographical \Ge`ograph"ic*al\, a. [L. geographicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. g[82]ographique.] Of or pertaining to geography. {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Latitude \Lat"i*tude\, n. [F. latitude, L. latitudo, fr. latus broad, wide, for older stlatus; perh. akin to E. strew.] 1. Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width. Provided the length do not exceed the latitude above one third part. --Sir H. Wotton. 2. Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence. In human actions there are no degrees and precise natural limits described, but a latitude is indulged. --Jer. Taylor. 3. Extent or breadth of signification, application, etc.; extent of deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc. No discreet man will believe Augustine's miracles, in the latitude of monkish relations. --Fuller. 4. Extent; size; amplitude; scope. I pretend not to treat of them in their full latitude. --Locke. 5. (Geog.) Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian. 6. (Astron.) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic. {Ascending latitude}, {Circle of latitude}, {Geographical latitude}, etc. See under {Ascending}. {Circle}, etc. {High latitude}, that part of the earth's surface near either pole, esp. that part within either the arctic or the antarctic circle. {Low latitude}, that part of the earth's surface which is near the equator.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Geographic \Ge`ograph"ic\, Geographical \Ge`ograph"ic*al\, a. [L. geographicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. g[82]ographique.] Of or pertaining to geography. {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Geographic \Ge`ograph"ic\, Geographical \Ge`ograph"ic*al\, a. [L. geographicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. g[82]ographique.] Of or pertaining to geography. {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Variety \Vari"ety\, n.; pl. {Varieties}. [L. varietas: cf. F. vari[82]t[82]. See {Various}.] 1. The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness. Variety is nothing else but a continued novelty. --South. The variety of colors depends upon the composition of light. --Sir I. Newton. For earth this variety from heaven. --Milton. There is a variety in the tempers of good men. --Atterbury. 2. That which is various. Specifically: (a) A number or collection of different things; a varied assortment; as, a variety of cottons and silks. He . . . wants more time to do that variety of good which his soul thirsts after. --Law. (b) Something varying or differing from others of the same general kind; one of a number of things that are akin; a sort; as, varieties of wood, land, rocks, etc. (c) (Biol.) An individual, or group of individuals, of a species differing from the rest in some one or more of the characteristics typical of the species, and capable either of perpetuating itself for a period, or of being perpetuated by artificial means; hence, a subdivision, or peculiar form, of a species. Note: Varieties usually differ from species in that any two, however unlike, will generally propagate indefinitely (unless they are in their nature unfertile, as some varieties of rose and other cultivated plants); in being a result of climate, food, or other extrinsic conditions or influences, but generally by a sudden, rather than a gradual, development; and in tending in many cases to lose their distinctive peculiarities when the individuals are left to a state of nature, and especially if restored to the conditions that are natural to typical individuals of the species. Many varieties of domesticated animals and of cultivated plants have been directly produced by man. (d) In inorganic nature, one of those forms in which a species may occur, which differ in minor characteristics of structure, color, purity of composition, etc. Note: These may be viewed as variations from the typical species in its most perfect and purest form, or, as is more commonly the case, all the forms, including the latter, may rank as Varieties. Thus, the sapphire is a blue variety, and the ruby a red variety, of corundum; again, calcite has many Varieties differing in form and structure, as Iceland spar, dogtooth spar, satin spar, and also others characterized by the presence of small quantities of magnesia, iron, manganese, etc. Still again, there are Varieties of granite differing in structure, as graphic granite, porphyritic granite, and other Varieties differing in composition, as albitic granite, hornblendic, or syenitic, granite, etc. {Geographical variety} (Biol.), a variety of any species which is coincident with a geographical region, and is usually dependent upon, or caused by, peculiarities of climate. {Variety hybrid} (Biol.), a cross between two individuals of different varieties of the same species; a mongrel. Syn: Diversity; difference; kind. Usage: {Variety}, {Diversity}. A man has a variety of employments when he does many things which are not a mere repetition of the same act; he has a diversity of employments when the several acts performed are unlike each other, that is, diverse. In most cases, where there is variety there will be more or less of diversity, but not always. One who sells railroad tickets performs a great variety of acts in a day, while there is but little diversity in his employment. All sorts are here that all the earth yields! Variety without end. --Milton. But see in all corporeal nature's scene, What changes, what diversities, have been! --Blackmore.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Geographically \Ge`ograph"ical*ly\, adv. In a geographical manner or method; according to geography.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Geography \Geog"raphy\, n.; pl. {Geographies}. [F. g[82]ographie, l. geographia, fr. Gr. [?]; ge`a, gh^, the earth + [?] description, fr. [?] to write, describe. See {Graphic}.] 1. The science which treats of the world and its inhabitants; a description of the earth, or a portion of the earth, including its structure, fetures, products, political divisions, and the people by whom it is inhabited. 2. A treatise on this science. {Astronomical}, {or Mathematical}, geography treats of the earth as a planet, of its shape, its size, its lines of latitude and longitude, its zones, and the phenomena due to to the earth's diurnal and annual motions. {Physical geography} treats of the conformation of the earth's surface, of the distribution of land and water, of minerals, plants, animals, etc., and applies the principles of physics to the explanation of the diversities of climate, productions, etc. {Political geography} treats of the different countries into which earth is divided with regard to political and social and institutions and conditions.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Geography \Geog"raphy\, n.; pl. {Geographies}. [F. g[82]ographie, l. geographia, fr. Gr. [?]; ge`a, gh^, the earth + [?] description, fr. [?] to write, describe. See {Graphic}.] 1. The science which treats of the world and its inhabitants; a description of the earth, or a portion of the earth, including its structure, fetures, products, political divisions, and the people by whom it is inhabited. 2. A treatise on this science. {Astronomical}, {or Mathematical}, geography treats of the earth as a planet, of its shape, its size, its lines of latitude and longitude, its zones, and the phenomena due to to the earth's diurnal and annual motions. {Physical geography} treats of the conformation of the earth's surface, of the distribution of land and water, of minerals, plants, animals, etc., and applies the principles of physics to the explanation of the diversities of climate, productions, etc. {Political geography} treats of the different countries into which earth is divided with regard to political and social and institutions and conditions.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Guess rope \Guess" rope"\ (Naut.) A guess warp.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Guess warp \Guess" warp"\ (Naut.) A rope or hawser by which a vessel is towed or warped along; -- so called because it is necessary to guess at the length to be carried in the boat making the attachment to a distant object.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Guicowar \[d8]Gui"co*war\, n. [Mahratta g[amac]ekw[amac]r, prop., a cowherd.] The title of the sovereign of Guzerat, in Western India; -- generally called the {Guicowar of Baroda}, which is the capital of the country.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Geyserville, CA Zip code(s): 95441
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gig Harbor, WA (city, FIPS 26735) Location: 47.32889 N, 122.58787 W Population (1990): 3236 (1527 housing units) Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98329, 98332, 98335
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
Geographical Distribution In the United States, hackerdom revolves on a Bay Area-to-Boston axis; about half of the hard core seems to live within a hundred miles of Cambridge (Massachusetts) or Berkeley (California), although there are significant contingents in Los Angeles, in the Pacific Northwest, and around Washington DC. Hackers tend to cluster around large cities, especially `university towns' such as the Raleigh-Durham area in North Carolina or Princeton, New Jersey (this may simply reflect the fact that many are students or ex-students living near their alma maters).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Geographic Information System (GIS) A computer system for capturing, storing, checking, integrating, manipulating, analysing and displaying data related to positions on the Earth's surface. Typically, a GIS is used for handling maps of one kind or another. These might be represented as several different layers where each layer holds data about a particular kind of feature (e.g. roads). Each feature is linked to a position on the graphical image of a map. Layers of data are organised to be studied and to perform statistical analysis (i.e. a layer of customer locations could include fields for Name, Address, Contact, Number, Area). Uses are primarily government related, town planning, local authority and public utility management, environmental, resource management, engineering, business, marketing, and distribution. {GIS dictionary (http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/root/agidict/html/welcome.html)}. {(http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~ngraphic/wotzagis.html)}. (1995-12-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Geographical Information System {Geographic Information System} [Which is more common?] (1995-12-21)