Terminology is the study of terms and their use. Terms are words and compound words that in specific contexts are given specific meanings, meanings that may deviate from the meaning the same words have in other contexts and in everyday language.
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What is Geoalchemy?
I am reading this paper, and the authors have an interesting affiliation:
Center for Geoalchemy, MIT? A quick Google Scholar search shows that it was a thing in the late 1970s to 1980s. Seems like they were researching geochemical petrology. Any…
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Is there a standard definition of a hill?
I think we can all agree that these are hills:
Image from Wikipedia
They're kinda gentle, not too tall, and altogether nice-looking. But it's always bugged me that I can't come up with an objective definition for the word. Is that little bump in my…
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What is it called for the part of a hill where it discontinuously gets steeper?
What is it called for the part of a hill where it discontinuously gets steeper? If you climbing an easy slope and encounter a new steeper slope (such as formed by a rocky hill and accompanying soil slopes leading up to it), is this change called…
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Is there the right term for time points in hourly weather forecast?
Each hourly weather forecast has two columns with date and time. The first column: forecast creation date and time (the column (1) in a table below). The second column: forecast hour (the column (2) in the table below).
Is there an established term…
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Topography in general sense
What does topography mean in topographical barrier? I can't fully understand the word topography. I have read the pages appearing on googling topography.
Topography is the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area. Could…
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