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geophysical
Variant of geophysics
geophysics
definition
geo·phys·ics (jē′ō fiz′iks)
noun
the science that deals with the physics of the earth, including weather, winds, tides, earthquakes, volcanoes, etc. and their effect on the earth
Related Forms:
- geophysical ge′o·phys′i·cal adjective
- geophysicist ge′o·phys′i·cist noun
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