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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One of the features that make up the earth's surface, such as a plain, mountain, or valley.

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  • noun Any geological feature, such as a mountain or valley

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Examples

  • "The physical geography section provided the key topics that candidates would have focussed on, such as landform development.

    Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009

  • The enormous magnitude of the information landscape limits vastly the capacity of any landform on that landscape to capture the shifting spotlights of individual (or collective) attention for more than a fraction of a moment.

    Peter Schwartz: Black Swan Imbroglio: The Crisis of Journalism and Control of the Stack Peter Schwartz 2010

  • The enormous magnitude of the information landscape limits vastly the capacity of any landform on that landscape to capture the shifting spotlights of individual (or collective) attention for more than a fraction of a moment.

    Peter Schwartz: Black Swan Imbroglio: The Crisis of Journalism and Control of the Stack Peter Schwartz 2010

  • The enormous magnitude of the information landscape limits vastly the capacity of any landform on that landscape to capture the shifting spotlights of individual (or collective) attention for more than a fraction of a moment.

    Peter Schwartz: Black Swan Imbroglio: The Crisis of Journalism and Control of the Stack Peter Schwartz 2010

  • Cross the road for an enormous show of Liverpool-born Tony Cragg's hefty colored sculptures, some of which are dotted about the glorious permanent architectural "landform" earthwork by Charles Jencks in front of the building.

    An Explosion of Visual Arts Paul Levy 2011

  • Boundless great sea — Sky Col, where remotheness Sunshine continent and D. Land in the middle landform of D.S. V. Family have numbers of forces assign to garrison.

    Mini Star | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • So next time you think there's an artificially constructed landform on another planet or a child's toy with a hidden message, remember, your brain is very good at finding patterns ... even when they aren't there.

    For your listening pleasure and amusement... Nicole 2009

  • So next time you think there's an artificially constructed landform on another planet or a child's toy with a hidden message, remember, your brain is very good at finding patterns ... even when they aren't there.

    Archive 2009-03-06 Nicole 2009

  • If you were on the ground looking at one of these things, it would look like it would just rise up and then sort of flatten out in the back scarp of the area of landform.

    Images Show A Shrinking Moon 2010

  • If you were on the ground looking at one of these things, it would look like it would just rise up and then sort of flatten out in the back scarp of the area of landform.

    Images Show A Shrinking Moon 2010

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