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geophysics
/ ˌdʒiːəʊˈfɪzɪks /
noun
- functioning as singular the study of the earth's physical properties and of the physical processes acting upon, above, and within the earth. It includes seismology, geomagnetism, meteorology, and oceanography
geophysics
/ jē′ō-fĭz′ĭks /
- The scientific study of the physical characteristics of the Earth, including its hydrosphere and atmosphere, and of the Earth's relationship to the rest of the universe.
geophysics
- The science devoted to the study of the physical properties and processes of geological phenomena, including fields such as meteorology , oceanography, and seismology .
Derived Forms
- ˌgeoˈphysicist, noun
Other Words From
- geo·physi·cal adjective
- geo·physi·cal·ly adverb
- geo·physi·cist noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of geophysics1
Example Sentences
I took an introductory geophysics class, just out of curiosity.
Wegener, who died in 1930, was an astronomer-turned-meteorologist who dabbled in paleontology and geophysics.
By 1969, Science News quoted experts declaring that it was time for “plate tectonics to be accepted as a basic theoretical model in geophysics.”
It’s scientifically useful to have a word to describe the cosmic bodies where interesting geophysics, including the conditions that enable life, occur, he says.
Another team, led by Amir Khan, a scientist at the Institute of Geophysics at ETH Zurich and at the Physics Institute at the University of Zurich, looked at the Martian mantle, the layer that sits between the crust and the core.
In other words, I did the geology and petroleum engineering, and he did pure geophysics.
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