See Also: Laue(dictionary)
Laue, Max (Theodor Felix) von(encyclopedia)

geography (iou) and Laue (iou)


geography (iou)



geography noun. L15.
[Latin geographia (partly through French) from Greek geographia: see GEO-, -GRAPHY.]
The branch of knowledge that deals with the earth's surface, its form and physical features, natural and political divisions, climate, products, population, etc. L15.
DIALECT geography. economic geography the branch of geography that deals with the geographical distribution of economic resources. human geography the branch of geography that deals with the activities of humankind as they affect or are influenced by the earth's surface. LINGUISTIC geography. mathematical geography: studied using mathematical methods. physical geography: see PHYSICAL adjective. plant geography: see PLANT noun. social geography: see SOCIAL adjective.
A treatise on this. M16.
The subject matter of geography; (knowledge of) the features or arrangement of a region or (colloq.) a place, building, etc. M18.
the geography (of the house) euphem. the whereabouts of the lavatory.
transf.: Oxford English Dictionary The geography of Mars. R. W. Emerson We have seen the railroad and the telegraph subdue our enormous geography.

Laue (iou)



Laue noun. E20.
[Max von Laue (1879-1960), German physicist.]
Crystallography. Used attrib. with ref. to a method of X-ray diffraction in which a narrow beam of X-rays is directed at a thin crystal and the resulting diffraction pattern recorded on a photographic Film.
Laue method, Laue pattern, etc.