Topography
noun
It's the study and detailed layout of the physical features of land, including its hills, valleys, and other natural or human-made elements.
The topography of the area was mainly wetlands and small hills.
Often appears as...
- studied the topography
- topography of the earth
noun
In medicine, it refers to the detailed surface features and structure of a particular body part, especially the eye.
A corneal topography test is used to measure the shape and contour of the cornea.
Often appears as...
- corneal topography
- detailed topography
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Technical
noun
In technology, it's about the design or arrangement of a microchip, circuit, or other electronic device.
The topography of the integrated circuit was extremely complex.
Often appears as...
- circuit topography
- topography of the chip
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Technical
noun
It's the study and detailed layout of the physical features of land, including its hills, valleys, and other natural or human-made elements.
The topography of the area was mainly wetlands and small hills.
Often appears as...
- studied the topography
- topography of the earth
noun
In medicine, it refers to the detailed surface features and structure of a particular body part, especially the eye.
A corneal topography test is used to measure the shape and contour of the cornea.
Often appears as...
- corneal topography
- detailed topography
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
In technology, it's about the design or arrangement of a microchip, circuit, or other electronic device.
The topography of the integrated circuit was extremely complex.
Often appears as...
- circuit topography
- topography of the chip
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Physical Land Features
Topography often refers to specifics like mountains and rivers on a map.
Hikers study the topography to avoid steep slopes.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Nature
Man-made structures like dams also feature in topographical studies.
The new road significantly changed the local topography.
Pro Tip 3/3Varying Scales
Topography can describe small gardens or vast landscapes.
The garden’s topography included a small pond.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Land Features
Topography often refers to specifics like mountains and rivers on a map.
Hikers study the topography to avoid steep slopes.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Nature
Man-made structures like dams also feature in topographical studies.
The new road significantly changed the local topography.
Pro Tip 3/3Varying Scales
Topography can describe small gardens or vast landscapes.
The garden’s topography included a small pond.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Land Features
Topography often refers to specifics like mountains and rivers on a map.
Hikers study the topography to avoid steep slopes.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Nature
Man-made structures like dams also feature in topographical studies.
The new road significantly changed the local topography.
Pro Tip 3/3Varying Scales
Topography can describe small gardens or vast landscapes.
The garden’s topography included a small pond.
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People and Bears Live in...
there's literally been over a hundred thousand documented wildlife crossings of these structures they are a key part of the wildlife quarter network in the bull Valley this is like the petri dish of wildlife quality' science because we still could string tight topography and that's the really important point there
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The Real Amazons PIPE...
asia and the lands around the black sea where the greeks said the amazons lived and all the way east to mongolia and north to siberia they lived a nomadic life riding across wide open grasslands called steps you're in a small group on the on the harsh steps the climate is harsh the topography is harsh
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Proof: Jimmy Chin on...
kind of bring that back for people photography can also give a person a new perspective on their own context in the world it's exploration on on so many different levels there's always the physical exploration of like the landscape the topography the exploration of your
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The biggest mistakes in...
blank spots on the map. For thousands of years, people all over the world had made both functional maps— showing trade routes, settlements, topography, water sources, the shapes of coastlines, or written directions— and what are known as cosmographies,
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How do ocean currents...
and the rotation of the Earth. The topography of the ocean floor and the shoreline modifies those motions, causing currents to speed up, slow down, or change direction. Ocean currents fall into two main surface currents and deep ocean currents.
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Bjarke Ingels: 3...
And our main idea was to sort of sample the seven most significant mountains of the topography of Azerbaijan and reinterpret them into urban and architectural structures, inhabitable of human life. Then we place these mountains on the island,
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Wade Davis: The...
The world remains a rich tapestry. It remains a rich topography of the spirit. These myriad voices of humanity are not failed attempts at being new, failed attempts at being modern. They're unique facets of the human imagination.
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What a Sea Snail Die-off...
it's just an incredibly beautiful place. The topography, the really high cliffs, the big rocks that stick out of the water, it's almost prehistoric in that way. You feel like you've really gone off into another world.
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How Wildlife Overcame...
the perfect conditions for wildlife the current is very nutrient-rich and the underwater topography surrounding South Georgia channels these nutrients up to the surface kicking off a food chain bonanza
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The supply-chain...
band-aid every single day and put on the road the roads were so bad that Uganda had rain six months out of the year and these old vehicles they couldn't maneuver through this type of topography
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People and Bears Live in...
there's literally been over a hundred thousand documented wildlife crossings of these structures they are a key part of the wildlife quarter network in the bull Valley this is like the petri dish of wildlife quality' science because we still could string tight topography and that's the really important point there
Video examples
The Real Amazons PIPE...
asia and the lands around the black sea where the greeks said the amazons lived and all the way east to mongolia and north to siberia they lived a nomadic life riding across wide open grasslands called steps you're in a small group on the on the harsh steps the climate is harsh the topography is harsh
Video examples
Proof: Jimmy Chin on...
kind of bring that back for people photography can also give a person a new perspective on their own context in the world it's exploration on on so many different levels there's always the physical exploration of like the landscape the topography the exploration of your
Video examples
The biggest mistakes in...
blank spots on the map. For thousands of years, people all over the world had made both functional maps— showing trade routes, settlements, topography, water sources, the shapes of coastlines, or written directions— and what are known as cosmographies,
Video examples
How do ocean currents...
and the rotation of the Earth. The topography of the ocean floor and the shoreline modifies those motions, causing currents to speed up, slow down, or change direction. Ocean currents fall into two main surface currents and deep ocean currents.
Video examples
Bjarke Ingels: 3...
And our main idea was to sort of sample the seven most significant mountains of the topography of Azerbaijan and reinterpret them into urban and architectural structures, inhabitable of human life. Then we place these mountains on the island,
Video examples
Wade Davis: The...
The world remains a rich tapestry. It remains a rich topography of the spirit. These myriad voices of humanity are not failed attempts at being new, failed attempts at being modern. They're unique facets of the human imagination.
Video examples
What a Sea Snail Die-off...
it's just an incredibly beautiful place. The topography, the really high cliffs, the big rocks that stick out of the water, it's almost prehistoric in that way. You feel like you've really gone off into another world.
Video examples
How Wildlife Overcame...
the perfect conditions for wildlife the current is very nutrient-rich and the underwater topography surrounding South Georgia channels these nutrients up to the surface kicking off a food chain bonanza
Video examples
The supply-chain...
band-aid every single day and put on the road the roads were so bad that Uganda had rain six months out of the year and these old vehicles they couldn't maneuver through this type of topography
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Reggie Watts
American Comedian
I compare a lot of life to looking at a map through a straw. The less ability you have to see life in a humorous way, the smaller the straw is that you're looking at the map of life. You're not looking at the whole picture. You can't see the whole topography without it, and it can help you to make better choices.
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Lori Wilde
American Author
When an author creates a town in her novels, she spends a great deal of time visualizing the streets and buildings, landmarks and topography. And while the town becomes real in her imagination, it's rare for an author to see the place she's created actually spring to life.
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Jaquelin T. Robertson
American Architect
Good buildings make and are made by their settings, and they are appropriately different in different locations. Climate, culture, topography and materials have helped create regional architectural languages that seem curiously right for their locations and for all times.
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Rodney Crowell
Algerian Musician
I don't think that 'The Weight of the World' is all about politics. It's like, how the environment and how the natural topography of this planet would ever fall into a political division, debate, just leaves me confused.
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Alan Moore
British Writer
I don't think you can separate a place from its history. I think a place is much more than the bricks and mortar that go into its construction. I think it's more than the accidental topography of the ground it stands on.
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Jens Martin Skibsted
Danish Designer
Cities are complex and contain just about any thing or concept ever invented by humans. How the city is built, its topography, and how close you live to your work and a grocery store affects your mobility.
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Martin Filler
American Critic
The form a city assumes as it evolves over time owes more to large-scale works of civil engineering - what we now call infrastructure - than almost any other factor save topography.
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Jerry Saltz
American Critic
Abstraction brings the world into more complex, variable relations; it can extract beauty, alternative topographies, ugliness, and intense actualities from seeming nothingness.
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Michael Polanyi
Hungarian Scientist
But even physics cannot be defined from an atomic topography.
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KT Tunstall
Scottish Musician
The topography of L.A. is fascinating.
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Reggie Watts
American Comedian
I compare a lot of life to looking at a map through a straw. The less ability you have to see life in a humorous way, the smaller the straw is that you're looking at the map of life. You're not looking at the whole picture. You can't see the whole topography without it, and it can help you to make better choices.
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Lori Wilde
American Author
When an author creates a town in her novels, she spends a great deal of time visualizing the streets and buildings, landmarks and topography. And while the town becomes real in her imagination, it's rare for an author to see the place she's created actually spring to life.
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Jaquelin T. Robertson
American Architect
Good buildings make and are made by their settings, and they are appropriately different in different locations. Climate, culture, topography and materials have helped create regional architectural languages that seem curiously right for their locations and for all times.
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Rodney Crowell
Algerian Musician
I don't think that 'The Weight of the World' is all about politics. It's like, how the environment and how the natural topography of this planet would ever fall into a political division, debate, just leaves me confused.
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Alan Moore
British Writer
I don't think you can separate a place from its history. I think a place is much more than the bricks and mortar that go into its construction. I think it's more than the accidental topography of the ground it stands on.
Quote examples
Jens Martin Skibsted
Danish Designer
Cities are complex and contain just about any thing or concept ever invented by humans. How the city is built, its topography, and how close you live to your work and a grocery store affects your mobility.
Quote examples
Martin Filler
American Critic
The form a city assumes as it evolves over time owes more to large-scale works of civil engineering - what we now call infrastructure - than almost any other factor save topography.
Quote examples
Jerry Saltz
American Critic
Abstraction brings the world into more complex, variable relations; it can extract beauty, alternative topographies, ugliness, and intense actualities from seeming nothingness.
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Michael Polanyi
Hungarian Scientist
But even physics cannot be defined from an atomic topography.
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KT Tunstall
Scottish Musician
The topography of L.A. is fascinating.
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