GEOPHYSICAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does geophysical mean? 

• GEOPHYSICAL (adjective)
  The adjective GEOPHYSICAL has 1 sense:

1. of or concerned with geophysics

  Familiarity information: GEOPHYSICAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GEOPHYSICAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or concerned with geophysics

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

geophysical sciences

Pertainym:

geophysics (geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth)

Derivation:

geophysics (geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth)

 Context examples 

By combining chemical, geological and geophysical observations, the Dawn mission is producing a comprehensive view of Ceres.

(NASA Dawn Reveals Recent Changes in Ceres' Surface, NASA)

Geophysical monitoring of the ground above active supervolcanoes, like the one located in Yellowstone National Park, shows that it rises and falls as magma moves beneath the surface of the Earth.

(Supervolcanoes like Yellowstone may have been more active in the past, NSF)

"This study combines geophysical and geochemical data to infer how porous space is created in the subsurface," said Lina Patino, director of NSF's Division of Earth Sciences.

(Study explores how rock expands near soil surface in Sierra Nevada, National Science Foundation)