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topography

[tuh-pog-ruh-fee] / təˈpɒg rə fi /


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“Hill-climbing” is the term that is suddenly on lips across Silicon Valley, for reasons that have nothing to do with San Francisco’s dramatic topography or techies’ love of hiking.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

The OS first started mapping Britain 230 years ago and has since documented the changes in the country's topography.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

The automated program uses weather observations, forecast data, fuel and vegetation conditions, topography, location data, and information on available resources.

From Slate Jun. 30, 2026

To investigate the newly recognized structure, researchers combined multiple sources of data, including subglacial topography, geological observations, gravity measurements, magnetic data, seismic information, and models of the crust and lithosphere.

From Science Daily Jun. 4, 2026

Assigned to cover the opening ceremony, Herbert decided to scout the grounds ahead of time to get a more detailed sense of the fair’s topography.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

It takes a thoroughly empirical approach to California’s four seasons and their manifestation across its myriad topographies.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2024

University of Washington scientists who combined sea-level projections with topographies along Washington’s coast found some parts of Seattle and other areas will be permanently underwater if worst-case projections are realized.

From National Geographic Feb. 9, 2024

“I just play the songs the best I can, inspired by the seasons and the topographies and regions, and, occasionally, by sociological elements, and try to improve as a player over time.”

From Seattle Times Jun. 7, 2023

With the probing, restless spirit of the flâneuse, Sycamore traces topographies of hurt and want during long walks on Seattle streets mapped with the same precision shown to Boston in her third novel, “Sketchtasy.”

From Washington Post Nov. 23, 2020

A third advantage of the Fertile Crescent’s Mediterranean zone is that it provides a wide range of altitudes and topographies within a short distance.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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