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PRONUNCIATION OF OROGRAPHIC

orographic  [ˌɒrəʊˈɡræfɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OROGRAPHIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Orographic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OROGRAPHIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Orography

Orography is the study of the topographic relief of mountains, and can more broadly include hills, and any part of a region's elevated terrain. Orography falls within the broader discipline of geomorphology.

Definition of orographic in the English dictionary

The definition of orographic in the dictionary is pertaining to the location and form mountains.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OROGRAPHIC


bibliographic
ˌbɪblɪəʊˈɡræfɪk
biographic
ˌbaɪəˈɡræfɪk
chromatographic
ˌkrəʊmətəˈɡræfɪk
crystallographic
ˌkrɪstələʊˈɡræfɪk
demographic
ˌdɛməˈɡræfɪk
electrocardiographic
ɪˌlektrəʊˌkɑ:dɪəʊˈɡræfɪk
ethnographic
ˌɛθnəˈɡræfɪk
graphic
ˈɡræfɪk
holographic
ˌhɒləˈɡræfɪk
hydrographic
ˌhaɪdrəˈɡræfɪk
iconographic
aɪˌkɒnəˈɡræfɪk
oceanographic
ˌəʊʃənəˈɡræfɪk
orthographic
ˌɔːθəʊˈɡræfɪk
phonographic
ˌfəʊnəˈɡræfɪk
photographic
ˌfəʊtəˈɡræfɪk
pornographic
ˌpɔːnəˈɡræfɪk
radiographic
ˌreɪdɪəʊˈɡræfɪk
reprographic
ˌriːprəˈɡræfɪk
topographic
ˌtɒpəˈɡræfɪk
typographic
ˌtaɪpəˈɡræfɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OROGRAPHIC

orobanchaceous
orogen
orogeneses
orogenesis
orogenetic
orogenetically
orogenic
orogenically
orogeny
orographer
orographical
orographically
orography
oroide
orological
orologically
orologist
orology
orometer
oronasal

WORDS THAT END LIKE OROGRAPHIC

autobiographic
autographic
autoradiographic
calligraphic
cartographic
catastrophic
edaphic
electroencephalographic
electrophotographic
geographic
lithographic
petrographic
photolithographic
physiographic
polygraphic
stenographic
stereographic
stratigraphic
telegraphic
thermographic
tomographic

Synonyms and antonyms of orographic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «orographic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OROGRAPHIC

Find out the translation of orographic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of orographic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «orographic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

地形
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

orográfica
570 millions of speakers

English

orographic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

orographic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جبلي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

орографический
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

orográfica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাহাড়ের বর্ণনামূলক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

orographique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Orografik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

orographisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

地形性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

산악 지형
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Orographic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

địa hình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

orographic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Orographic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

orografik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

orografico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

orograficzne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

орографічний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

orografic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

orographic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

orografiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

orographic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

orografisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of orographic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OROGRAPHIC»

The term «orographic» is regularly used and occupies the 73.657 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OROGRAPHIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about orographic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OROGRAPHIC»

Discover the use of orographic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to orographic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
OROGRAPHIC GEOLOGY; OR, THE ORIGIN AND STRUCTURE OF MOUNTAINS
OROGRAPHIC. GEOLOGY. The study of mountains has always been a favorite one with geologists, and very properly so ; for in these vast masses of rock we are presented with an array of facts which we should in vain seek for elsewhere.
GEORGE L. VOSE, 1866
2
Validation and Improvements of Simulated Cloud Microphysics ...
A new bulk microphysical scheme with varying snow characteristics is developed and evaluated for two IMPROVE-2 cases.
Yanluan Lin, 2008
3
Mesoscale Dynamics
11.1 Orographic influence on climatological distribution of precipitation Orographic influence on the formation of clouds and its associated precipitation amount and distribution is dramatic. The influence of orography was well recognized very ...
Yuh-Lang Lin, 2007
4
Mountain Weather and Climate
Usually the total precipitation only is discussed, especially when statistical prediction is attempted by regression methods, but there have also been some attempts to distinguish the specific contribution of orographic effects. For the Rocky ...
Roger G. Barry, 2013
5
Physical Geography
Robert Gabler, James Petersen, L. Trapasso, Dorothy Sack. G FIGURE 6.19 The principal cause of precipitation is upward movement of moist air resulting from convectional, frontal, cyclonic, or orographic lifting. What kind of air movement is  ...
Robert Gabler, James Petersen, L. Trapasso, 2008
6
Southeast Asian Water Environment 5:
To develop a distribution of slope failure hazard susceptibility, orographic rainfall is important. Therefore, in the next section, we developed a methodology to incorporate the orographic rainfall effect in extreme rainfall distribution.
K. Yamamoto, H. Furumai, H. Katayama, 2013
7
Global Change and Mountain Regions: An Overview of Current ...
Orographic. Precipitation. and. Climate. Change. Christoph Schar* and Christoph Frei Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland *phone +41-1-635-5199, fax ...
Uli M. Huber, Harald K.M. Bugmann, Mel A. Reasoner, 2005
8
ICSE Geography IX
Orographic or Relief Rainfall ♢ This type of rainfall occurs when warm moist saturated air mass approaches a mountain barrier and is forced to ascend. ♢ The mountain barrier lying across the direction of the air flow forces the warm moist air to ...
RK Jain
9
Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers
Understanding how orographic precipitation will be altered due to anthropogenic climate change requires understanding the temperature sensitivity of orographic precipitation processes, as well as knowledge of how storm tracks and ...
Vijay P. Singh, Pratap Singh, Umesh K. Haritashya, 2011
10
The Avalanche Handbook
Therefore, avalanche weather forecasters use orographic precipitation models to predict precipitation amounts as storms force moisture-laden air through the mountains. OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION MODELS Orographic precipitation ...
David McClung, Peter A. Schaerer, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OROGRAPHIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term orographic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
When nature falls apart: What really happened in Chitral
Orographic rains occur when masses of air pushed by wind are forced up the side of mountains. GLOF occur when either a dam containing a ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»
2
SPC Jul 22, 2015 0600 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook
DIFFERENTIAL HEATING/OROGRAPHIC LIFT COINCIDENT WITH A BELT OF CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT /WITH AN EMBEDDED ... «Newsroom America, Jul 15»
3
OPINION: We're Facing Extended Drought, Says Expert
Due to forced orographic lifting of the trade winds over the southern and eastern parts of the larger islands like Vanua Levu and Viti Levu, we ... «Fiji Sun Online, Jul 15»
4
Get Out! July/August 2015
Troubled Youth, Orographic, Huf 'N Stuf, Hold My Hand, Pocket Rock-It (#beautysecrets), and all the faces you've come to know and love over ... «PQ Monthly, Jul 15»
5
Leslie Lopez's Weather Discussion - Tuesday, July 14, 2015
The best chance for t-storms will remain in the mountains thanks to orographic uplift, but we can't rule out the chance at the beaches either. «KUSI, Jul 15»
6
SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
ALONG WITH OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS...WILL YIELD ISOLATED-TO-SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. «Newsroom America, Jul 15»
7
Your Weekend Forecast, Filled with Stars & Stripes
A weekly, post-work lounge party every Monday night at Vault, sometimes featuring DJ Orographic (Bridge Club, Queerlandia) and occasional ... «PQ Monthly, Jul 15»
8
Wildfire Season Returns With a Vengeance to Pacific Northwest
When storm systems move onshore in the Pacific Northwest, the air is forced to lift up and over the mountains. This is called orographic lifting. «AccuWeather.com, Jun 15»
9
SPC Jun 29, 2015 0600 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
WHICH WILL FURTHER BE ENHANCED THROUGH OROGRAPHIC PROCESSES. HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ... «Newsroom America, Jun 15»
10
SPC Jun 26, 2015 0600 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
AND OROGRAPHIC FORCING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA. A FEW ... «Newsroom America, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Orographic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/orographic>. Apr 2024 ».
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