topographical
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6.9
- adjective
- /ˌtɑːpəˈɡræfɪkəl/
:
topográfico
- But I often found myself lost among his topographical maps and core samples.
- topographical maps
- topographical features
- topographical survey
You can look at topographical view, satellite view or combinations.
- You can look at topographical view, satellite view or combinations.
- So these, these, these areas within ourselves, not exactly the same as geographic topographical areas.
- But she will hand carve little kind of topographical cutouts to do all of the raised items on the book.
- And he says, why all the focus on the lighthouse, the topographical anomaly, and not the island?
Examples
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Now, Egg has done an infrared topographical scan of these mountains.
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Hikers should study the topographical map to understand the elevation changes along the trail.
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You can look at topographical view, satellite view or combinations.
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Dad forced me to read topographical maps of this area, for no apparent reason.
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Nor did his knowledge of jungle streams match that of the topographical maps.
Academic text (1990) -
So in fact, if you have been talking about hiking on mountains, well, that's exactly what a topographical map is about.
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Map: Figure 1. A topographical map of San Jose Park and its key cruising trails.
Academic text (2005) -
Atlantans often commented on the West End's topographical and hydrological advantages.
Academic text (2010) -
At their abandoned stations, we camp for days, collecting topographical details and filling in their sketchy outline maps.
Fiction book (1999) -
Strategists and militaries around the world still confer great importance to the topographical characteristics of the battlefield.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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6.4
About the shape and features of land shown on maps
Relating to the shape and physical features of the land, like mountains or plains
Surface Forms
Morphology
topographical = topography (transparent) = topography + ical
Direct adjectival formation from 'topography' with a productive adjectival suffix, yielding 'relating to topography'.
Etymology
Topographical comes from Greek parts topo- 'place' and -graph 'to write or draw', the same -graph you see in photograph. So a topographical map is a 'drawing of a place' that shows hills, valleys and other physical features.