The Collaborative International Dictionary
Geographic \Ge`o*graph"ic\, Geographical \Ge`o*graph"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to geography.
Geographical distribution. See under Distribution.
Geographic latitude (of a place), the angle included between a line perpendicular or normal to the level surface of water at rest at the place, and the plane of the equator; differing slightly from the geocentric latitude by reason of the difference between the earth's figure and a true sphere.
Geographical mile. See under Mile.
Geographical variation, any variation of a species which is dependent on climate or other geographical conditions.
Distribution \Dis`tri*bu"tion\, n. [L. distributio: cf. F. distribution.]
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The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the distribution of an estate among heirs or children.
The phenomena of geological distribution are exactly analogous to those of geography.
--A. R. Wallace. Separation into parts or classes; arrangement of anything into parts; disposition; classification.
That which is distributed. ``Our charitable distributions.''
--Atterbury.(Logic) A resolving a whole into its parts.
(Print.) The sorting of types and placing them in their proper boxes in the cases.
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(Steam Engine) The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston; viz., admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission.
Geographical distribution, the natural arrangements of animals and plants in particular regions or districts.
Syn: Apportionments; allotment; dispensation; disposal; dispersion; classification; arrangement.
Usage examples of "geographical distribution".
The cause of lowly-organised plants ranging widely will be discussed in our chapter on geographical distribution.
By changing the movement of men, the geographical distribution of genes, values, and ideas, it affected later events in Rome, and, through Rome, all Europe.
Frequencies and geographical distribution of hallucinatory events, variable-similarity scales, imagery analysis, cognitive-filtering vectors, correlation of hallucination with Gelbard-Louit stability-index rating of hallucinator?
You'll learn to use them, but the chances of your running across them are fairly slim because of relatively limited geographical distribution.
It is quite conceivable that a naturalist, reflecting on the mutual affinities of organic beings, on their embryological relations, their geographical distribution, geological succession, and other such facts, might come to the conclusion that each species had not been independently created, but had descended, like varieties, from other species.
Only four appearances of Goblins had ever been recorded, and the geographical distribution of at least the most recent three was consistent with Atlantis as their point of origin.
Item: Only four appearances of Goblins had ever been recorded, and the geographical distribution of at least the most recent three was consistent with Atlantis as their point of origin.
Whenever they discussed the geographical distribution of plants and animals, they always parted company at the final step of the hypothesis—.
In other words, the fossils, the geographical distribution of animals, and so on, are all one gigantic confidence trick.
Fellows gave a briefing on the profile of the candidates-average length of service, geographical distribution, specialty distribution, and other tidbits of information designed to explain how these candidates were selected.