GEOGRAPHIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does geographic mean? 

• GEOGRAPHIC (adjective)
  The adjective GEOGRAPHIC has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to the science of geography

2. determined by geography

  Familiarity information: GEOGRAPHIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GEOGRAPHIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the science of geography

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

geographic; geographical

Pertainym:

geography (study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Determined by geography

Synonyms:

geographic; geographical

Context example:

the north and south geographic poles

Similar:

true (determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles)

Antonym:

magnetic (determined by earth's magnetic fields)

 Context examples 

A geographic area displaying a higher-than-expected rate of cancer incidence.

(Cancer cluster, NCI Thesaurus)

The occurrence of a larger-than-expected number of cases of cancer within a group of people in a geographic area over a period of time.

(Cancer cluster, NCI Dictionary)

Factors influencing this ability include geographic, architectural, transportational, and financial considerations, among others.

(Access to Care, NCI Thesaurus)

In these observations, from New Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI), the haze layers over particular geographic locations on Pluto were imaged several times, at time intervals of 2 to just over 5 hours.

(Pluto’s Haze Varies in Brightness, NASA)

A non-seminomatous malignant germ cell tumor characterized by the presence of large germ cells with abundant cytoplasm resembling epithelial cells, geographic necrosis, high mitotic activity, and pseudoglandular and pseudopapillary structures formation.

(Embryonal Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The consideration of geographic location as a variable in disease incident, transmission, and control.

(Epidemiology, Geographic Location, NCI Thesaurus)

The geographic position of a place may or may not be constant.

(Place, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Addresses geographic variability in medical practice in the United States and the medical and nonmedical factors that create this variability.

(Patterns of Care, NCI Thesaurus)

The disease is classified into three main types according to geographic distribution: Indian, Mediterranean (or infantile), and African.

(Kala-Azar, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A system of hardware, software, and geographic data designed to capture, store, update, manipulate, analyze and display data that are linked to location.

(Geographic Information System, NCI Thesaurus)