Geophysics

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  • noun. The physics of the earth and its environment, including the physics of fields such as meteorology, oceanography, and seismology.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Physics of the earth: same as physiography.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A branch of geology that uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A branch of earth science dealing with the physical processes and phenomena occurring in the earth and in its vicinity.
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  • noun. geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth
    • Word Usage
    "Surely, you must have a PhD in geophysics, Big Guy."
    cross-reference
    geomagnetism  meteorology  oceanography  seismology  
    Form
    geophysical  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    geology  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    geodesy  geomorphology  hydrology  magnetics  magnetism  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Newtonian physics  acoustics  aerophysics  applied physics  astrophysics  
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