different between topography vs territory
topography
English
Etymology
First attested in 1432. From Middle English topographye, from Latin topographia, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (topographía), from ????? (tópos, “place”) + ????? (gráph?, “I write”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t??p????fi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /t??p????fi/
- Hyphenation: top?og?raphy
- Rhymes: -????fi
Noun
topography (countable and uncountable, plural topographies)
- A precise description of a place.
- A detailed graphic representation of the surface features of a place or object.
- The features themselves; terrain.
- The surveying of the features.
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See also
- topology
- toponym
- toponymic
Anagrams
- optography
topography From the web:
- what topography means
- what topography is ideal for orchard
- what does topography
territory
English
Etymology
Latin territorium from terra (“the earth”) and -torium (“place of occurrence”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?t????t??i/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?t???t(?)?i/
Noun
territory (countable and uncountable, plural territories)
- A large extent or tract of land; for example a region, country or district.
- (Canada) One of three of Canada's federated entities, located in the country's Arctic, with fewer powers than a province and created by an act of Parliament rather than by the Constitution: Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
- (Australia) One of three of Australia's federated entities, located in the country's north and southeast, with fewer powers than a state and created by an act of Parliament rather than by the Constitution: Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory.
- A geographic area under control of a single governing entity such as state or municipality; an area whose borders are determined by the scope of political power rather than solely by natural features such as rivers and ridges.
- (ecology) An area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against its conspecifics.
- (sports and games) The part of the playing field or board over which a player or team has control.
- A geographic area that a person or organization is responsible for in the course of work.
- A location or logical space which someone owns or controls.
- A market segment or scope of professional practice over which an organization or type of practitioner has exclusive rights.
- An area of subject matter, knowledge, or experience.
- 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
- The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.
- 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
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territory From the web:
- what territory did the us gain
- what territory was to be kept free of slavery
- what territory was directly north of nebraska
- what territory was acquired from mexico
- what territory is the bahamas
- what territory does the us own
- what territory is aruba
- what territory does palestine have
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