Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as topographical.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • Of or pertaining to topography; descriptive of a place.
  • See under Cadastral. -- Topographical surveying. See under Surveying.

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  • adjective of, or relating to topography

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective concerned with topography

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Examples

  • Unlike sensory maps, the map of space is not topographic, that is, neighboring cells in the hippocampus do not represent neighboring regions in the environment.

    Eric R. Kandel - Autobiography 2001

  • A year of holiday practice in such work will, if the tasks occupy somewhere about a hundred hours of his time, serve greatly to extend or reawaken what may be called the topographic sense, and enable him to place in terms of space the observations of Nature which he may make.

    Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography Nathaniel Southgate Shaler 1873

  • Dr. Hough said seismologists have long known that what is referred to as topographic amplification can occur, but it has often been dismissed as "kind of a fluke thing."

    NYT > Home Page By HENRY FOUNTAIN 2010

  • An advanced technique called the topographic mapping technique is normally used prior to the procedure as a highly effective and accurate way of targeting the problem areas, making precision marking simpler, resulting in visually pleasing and clean results. liposculpture may not be too easy on the wallet, but as an investment, it is the safest and fastest way to get the body you want.

    Article Source 2009

  • Remotely-sensed data are most useful when combined with other sources of information such as topographic soils or geological maps.

    Chapter 6 1984

  • Droid Incredible features what HTC is calling a "topographic" design that offers the latest version of the HTC Sense experience.

    Top Tech News 2010

  • Droid Incredible features what HTC is calling a "topographic" design that offers the latest version of the HTC Sense experience.

    Top Tech News 2010

  • Droid Incredible features what HTC is calling a "topographic" design that offers the latest version of the HTC Sense experience.

    Top Tech News 2010

  • Droid Incredible features what HTC is calling a "topographic" design that offers the latest version of the HTC Sense experience.

    Top Tech News 2010

  • Droid Incredible features what HTC is calling a "topographic" design that offers the latest version of the HTC Sense experience.

    Top Tech News 2010

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