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A geographical mile. See Mile.
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The capacity of living, or being distributed, over wide geographical limits; as, the viability of a species.
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Of or pertaining to a region of the earth's surface including all of temperate and arctic North America and Greenland. In the geographical distribution of animals, this region is marked off as the habitat certain species.
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The geographical distribution of plants.
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A nautical or a geographic mile.
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The act of exploring, penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of discovery, especially of geographical discovery; examination; as, the exploration of unknown countries
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A geographical antiquary; one who investigates the locality of ancient places.
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The study or description of the geographical distribution of animals.
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Inexactness; uncertainty; as, geographical inexactitude.
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The apparent surface of the heavens, which is assumed to be spherical and everywhere equally distant, in which the heavenly bodies appear to have their places, and on which the various astronomical circles, as of right ascension and declination, the equator, ecliptic, etc., are conceived to be drawn; an ideal geometrical sphere, with the astronomical and geographical circles in their proper positions on it.
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The branch of physical science which treats of the geographical distribution of rain.
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A geographical dictionary; a book giving the names and descriptions, etc., of many places.
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A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5.280 feet each, and used (as a land measure) chiefly on the continent of Europe, and in the Spanish parts of America. The marine league of England and the United States is equal to three marine, or geographical, miles of 6080 feet each.
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Of or pertaining to geography.
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In a geographical manner or method; according to geography.
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Having reference to the geographical distribution of temperature, as exhibited by means of isotherms; as, an isothermal line; an isothermal chart.
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A distinct part of a country or people, community, class, or the like; a part of a territory separated by geographical lines, or of a people considered as distinct.
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Position; situation; a place; a spot; esp., a geographical place or situation, as of a mineral or plant.
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A group somewhat lessdistinct than speciesusually are, but based on characters more important than those which characterize ordinary varieties; often, a geographical variety or race.
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Alt. of Geographical
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