Part 4770

<h1>Geographically</h1> <Xpage=621>

<hw>Ge`o*graph"ic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a geographical manner or method; according to geography.</def>

<h1>Geography</h1> <Xpage=621>

<hw>Ge*og"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Geographies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>g\'82ographie</ets>, l. <ets>geographia</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/; <?/, <?/, the earth + <?/ description, fr. <?/ to write, describe. See <er>Graphic</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A treatise on this science.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Astronomical</col>, <col>or Mathematical</col></mcol>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Physical geography</col><cd> 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.</cd> -- <col>Political geography</col><cd> treats of the different countries into which earth is divided with regard to political and social and institutions and conditions.</cd></cs>

<h1>Geolatry</h1> <Xpage=621>

<hw>Ge*ol"a*try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, the earth + <?/ worship.]</ety> <def>The worship of the earth.</def>

<i>G. W. Cox.</i>

<caption><er>The Geological Series</er>. <note>&hand; The science of geology, as treating of the history of the globe, involves a description of the different strata which compose its crust, their order of succession, characteristic forms of animal and vegetable life, etc. The principal subdivisions of geological time, and the most important strata, with their relative positions, are indicated in the following diagram.</note></caption> <-- illustration of geological periods, with rock layers, takes one column from top to bottom of the page here -->

<h1>Geologer, Geologian</h1> <Xpage=621>

<hw><hw>Ge*ol"o*ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ge`o*lo"gi*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>A geologist.</def>

<h1>Geologic, Geological</h1> <Xpage=621>

<hw><hw>Ge`o*log"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ge`o*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>g\'82ologique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to geology, or the science of the earth.</def>

<h1>Geologically</h1> <Xpage=621>

<hw>Ge`o*log"ic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a geological manner.</def>

<h1>Geologist</h1> <Xpage=621>

<hw>Ge*ol"o*gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>G\'82ologiste</ets>.]</ety> <def>One versed in the science of geology.</def>

<h1>Geologize</h1> <Xpage=621>

<hw>Ge*ol"o*gize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Geologized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Geologizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To study geology or make geological investigations in the field; to discourse as a geologist.</def>

<blockquote>During midsummer <b>geologized</b> a little in Shropshire. <i>Darwin.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Geology</h1> <Xpage=621>

<hw>Ge*ol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Geologies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, the earth + <ets>-logy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>g\'82ologie</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The science which treats: <sd>(a)</sd> Of the structure and mineral constitution of the globe; <i>structural geology</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> Of its history as regards rocks, minerals, rivers, valleys, mountains, climates, life, etc.; <i>historical geology</i>. <sd>(c)</sd> Of the causes and methods by which its structure, features, changes, and conditions have been produced; <i>dynamical geology</i>. See Chart of <er>The Geological Series</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A treatise on the science.</def>

<h1>Geomalism</h1> <Xpage=621>

<hw>Ge*om"a*lism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, the earth + <?/ a leveling.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The tendency of an organism to respond, during its growth, to the force of gravitation.</def>

<h1>Geomancer</h1> <Xpage=621>