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PRONUNCIATION OF OROGRAPHY

orography  [ɒˈrɒɡrəfɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OROGRAPHY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Orography is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OROGRAPHY 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 orography in the English dictionary

The definition of orography in the dictionary is the study or mapping of relief, esp of mountains.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OROGRAPHY


aerography
ɛəˈrɒɡrəfɪ
arthrography
ɑːˈθrɒɡrəfɪ
chirography
kaɪˈrɒɡrəfɪ
chorography
kɒˈrɒɡrəfɪ
electrography
ɪlɛkˈtrɒɡrəfɪ
fluorography
flʊəˈrɒɡrəfɪ
heterography
ˌhɛtəˈrɒɡrəfɪ
hierography
ˌhaɪəˈrɒɡrəfɪ
horography
hɒˈrɒɡrəfɪ
hydrography
haɪˈdrɒɡrəfɪ
micrography
maɪˈkrɒɡrəfɪ
petrography
pɛˈtrɒɡrəfɪ
photomicrography
ˌfəʊtəʊmaɪˈkrɒɡrəfɪ
polarography
ˌpəʊləˈrɒɡrəfɪ
pyrography
paɪˈrɒɡrəfɪ
reprography
rɪˈprɒɡrəfɪ
spectrography
spɛkˈtrɒɡrəfɪ
urography
jʊˈrɒɡrəfɪ
xerography
zɪˈrɒɡrəfɪ
xylopyrography
ˌzaɪləʊpaɪˈrɒɡrəfɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OROGRAPHY

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE OROGRAPHY

autobiography
bibliography
biography
calligraphy
choreography
chromatography
cinematography
computed tomography
cryptography
crystallography
discography
filmography
geography
historiography
oceanography
photography
pornography
tomography
topography
typography
videography

Synonyms and antonyms of orography in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «orography» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OROGRAPHY

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

Translator English - Chinese

地形
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

orografía
570 millions of speakers

English

orography
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

orography
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

علم الجبال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

орография
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

orografia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রাকৃতিক ভূগোলের যে শাখায় পর্বত সম্পর্কে আলোচনা করা হয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

orographie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Orografi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Orographie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

山岳誌
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지형
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Orografi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

orography
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மலைகள் பற்றி ஆயும் நிலவியற்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भौगोलिक माहिती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Orografi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

orografia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

orografia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

орографія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

orografia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ορογραφία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

orography
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

orography
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

orography
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of orography

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OROGRAPHY»

The term «orography» is normally little used and occupies the 120.881 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of orography
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «orography».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OROGRAPHY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «orography» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «orography» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OROGRAPHY»

Discover the use of orography in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to orography and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
ADVANCES IN GEOPHYSICS
Two orographies were then resynthesized, blending the spherical harmonic coefficients in the total wavenumber band 0- 3 from the mean (envelope) orography with the coefficients in the wavenumber band 4 to truncation from the envelope ...
R. Benzi, 1986
2
Mountain Weather and Climate
Therefore, adjustments have to be made to the mean surface heights in order to obtain adequate representation of the 'envelope' orography (Wallace et al. 1983). One procedure is to add twice the standard deviation of height values, ...
Roger G. Barry, 2013
3
The Survey of Eastern Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Claude Reignier Conder, 2012
4
Tectonic Uplift and Climate Change
The differences between the two control experiments are small compared to the differences produced by the imposed changes in orography and CO2. 3.2.1. Orography Experiment (M-NM) The purpose of the first experiment was to define the ...
William F. Ruddiman, 1997
5
Medium-Range Weather Prediction: The European Approach
It was this work that lead to development of the envelope orography outlined below. On 21 April 1983, the “new operational model” was introduced, the first operational forecast of the Centre based on the spectral code. As SecretaryGeneral of ...
Austin Woods, 2006
6
Orography
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Lambert M Surhone, Mariam T Tennoe, Susan F Henssonow, 2011
7
Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Models
(1983) have shown that a respecification of orography in a GCM can substantially alleviate these errors (although other effects due to sub-grid scale orographically induced gravity wave drag in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere ...
J.C.J. Nihoul, 1985
8
Advances in Wind Energy Conversion Technology
The next complication to be introduced to the hypothetical coastal zone is heterogeneous surface elevation (orography) of the land surface. Orography has a large impact on the surface winds, not just at the location of the orographic feature ...
Mathew Sathyajith, Geeta Susan Philip, 2011
9
Proceedings of the First National Workshop on the Global ...
That version of the model produced the best results when an enhanced orography was included. That was the envelope orography proposed by Wallace et al. (1983). Experiments with and without the envelope orography showed that the ...
‎1985
10
Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia No. 3 - 1910
... bestowed by him ; and the French navigators of the end of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth century have left their names all along the Western Australian, South Australian, and Tasmanian coasts. 5. Orography of Australia.
Austràlia. Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OROGRAPHY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term orography is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Michael Paton responds: Feng shui is more than metaphor
He coined the term “orography” to describe this traditional knowledge system. Nevertheless, even though the theoretical construct still proves ... «The Fifth Estate, Jul 15»
2
Warming Black Sea Led To Krymsk Flooding
In b and d the location of Krymsk is marked by a cross and orography contours are in 150-m steps. Courtesy: Nature Geoscience and the ... «reportingclimatescience.com, Jul 15»
3
Volvo Ocean Race Leg 3 - The big casino
The monsoon veers easterly and fills in nicely before being blocked by Malaysia orography. Using it for as much time as possible is key. «Sail World, Jan 15»
4
How Weather Forecasting Has Changed In 20 Years
This will map our orography and topography accurately but we still need the data coverage to match these improvements. It is an excellent step ... «Sky News, Oct 14»
5
Waterspouts swarm Greece and Italy
The Website meteoweb.eu writes that conditions were favorable for the spouts, and that this time of year, given the orography of the country, ... «Washington Post, Jul 14»
6
Light rain in Goa, thunderstorm forecast for Mumbai
Moisture also gets lifted by orography of land, or mountains and other raised geographical features. This is best evidenced in the heavy ... «Hindu Business Line, Jun 14»
7
80 Viviendas De Protección Oficial En Salou / Toni Gironès
Profiting from orography, this periodic cycle has characterized agricultural production of the site. As a consequence, this landscape extends ... «ArchDaily, May 14»
8
Balkans floods: why did it rain so much?
The orography, the height of the hills and mountains in the Balkans, will also have enhanced the intensity of the rainfall. Clouds, and ... «Channel 4 News, May 14»
9
Research traces the genetic print of the Asturian people
The reason behind this genetic differentiation is found on the barriers of the steep Asturian orography. The Sella and Navia rivers mark ... «Phys.Org, Apr 14»
10
Reduced rains in Western Ghats may affect water supply in cities
The study titled 'Monsoon circulation interaction with Western Ghats Orography under changing climate,' was published in 2012. Subsequently ... «Deccan Herald, Apr 14»

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