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Definition: Topographical |
TopographicalAdjective1. Concerned with topography; "a topographical engineer"; "a topographical survey"; "topographic maps". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "topographical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
Synonym: TopographicalSynonym: topographic (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Measurement | Geodetical, topographic, topographical, cartographic, cartographical. |
Situation | Adjective: situate, situated; local, topical, topographical; n. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Topographical |
| English words defined with "topographical": Cadastral map, Cadastral survey ♦ gradual ♦ plane table ♦ topographic, Topographical map. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "topographical": AERIAL-PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETER, AIRPLANE PILOT, PHOTOGRAMMETRY ♦ CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN ♦ DRAFTER, CIVIL, DRAFTER, GEOLOGICAL ♦ EDITOR, MAP ♦ FOREST ENGINEER ♦ geodetic latitude ♦ LOCATION MANAGER ♦ marine geology, MOSAICIST ♦ POWER-TRANSMISSION ENGINEER ♦ STEREO-PLOTTER OPERATOR, SUPERVISOR, SEWER SYSTEM. (references) |
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 | Yorktown, Va., vicinity. Topographical engineers, Camp Winfield Scott. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Portion of Rebel battery at Wynns Mill. The gun which wounded Lieut. Wagner. Topographical Engineer. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Reportedly, this is due to topographical similarities. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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James Monroe | 1817-1825 | The Board of Engineers and the Topographical Corps have been in constant and active service in surveying the coast and projecting the works necessary for its defense. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | An increase of both the corps of engineers, military and topographical, was recommended by my predecessor at the last session of Congress. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | From the duties which devolve on the Engineer Department and upon the topographical engineers, a different organization seems to be demanded by the public interest, and I recommend the subject to your consideration. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Topographical" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 94.44% of the time. "Topographical" is used about 144 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 94.44% | 136 | 27,260 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.56% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Total | 100.00% | 144 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "topographical": topographical catalogue ♦ topographical levelling ♦ topographical map ♦ Topographical surveying. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "topographical": historico-topographical. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "topographical"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 地形学 (topographic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | topografisk mønster (topographical pattern), topografisk krokis der viser veje og vandsystem (topographical sketchshowing the road and water system), topografisk kortlægning (surveying, topographical survey), topografisk kort (topographical plan), topografisk afsaetning (topographical drawing), topografisk ændring (topographical change), telemeter (geodetical range finder, range finder, telemeter, topographical range finder), under saerlige topografiske forhold-eksempelvis i et fladt omraade eller i brede dale-kan en ret linie vaere hensigtsmaessig som liniefoeringselement (for example in plains or broad valleys, where particular topographical conditions exist), pladskatalog (location register shelf catalogue, shelf catalog, topographical catalog, topographical catalogue), nivellering (leveling, levelling, topographical levelling), nivellement (topographical levelling), hyldeliste (location register shelf catalogue, shelf catalog, shelf catalogue, shelflist, topographical catalog, topographical catalogue), de topografiske og geotekniske forhold maa tages i betragtning ved valg af bygningernes placering (topographical and geotechnical features must be taken into consideration when choosing a housing site), basisdistancemåler (geodetical range finder, topographical range finder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | topografisch maatuitzetten (topographical drawing), topografische opmeting (surveying, topographical survey), topografische kaart (topographical plan), Topografische Dienst, Delft (Topographical Department), topografisch patroon (topographical pattern), bij de keuze van bouwterreinen dient men rekening te houden met de topografische en geotechnische gesteldheid (topographical and geotechnical features must be taken into consideration when choosing a housing site), Digitaal Topografisch Bestand Rivieren (Digital Topographical Database for Rivers), in bijzondere topografische omstandigheden-bijvoorbeeld in een vlakte of breed dal-kan de rechtstand als traceringselement nuttig zijn (for example in plains or broad valleys, where particular topographical conditions exist), plaatsingscatalogus (location register shelf catalogue, shelf catalog, topographical catalog, topographical catalogue), plan van wegen en waterlopen (topographical sketchshowing the road and water system), basisafstandsmeter (geodetical range finder, topographical range finder), standcatalogus (shelf catalogue, shelflist, topographical catalogue), waterpassen (boning, topographical levelling), verandering van de topografie (topographical change), stafkaart (topographical plan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | topografinen yksikkö (topographical unit), topografinen tutkimus (surveying, topographical survey), topografinen muutos (topographical change), paikkaluettelo (location register shelf catalogue, shelf catalog, shelf catalogue, shelflist, topographical catalog, topographical catalogue), optinen etäisyysmittari (geodetical range finder, topographical range finder), maastoluonnos tiestöstä ja vesistöstä (topographical sketchshowing the road and water system), maanmittaus (surveying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | topographique (topographic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | topographisch (topographic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τοπογραφικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | טופו'רפי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | topográfiai (topographic), térképészeti (cartographic, topographic), helyrajzi (topographic), helyleíró (topographer, topographic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tracciato topografico (topographical drawing, topographical pattern), livellazione topografica (topographical levelling), le qualit topografiche e geotecniche rivestono importanza per la scelta del terreno su cui costruire gli alloggi (topographical and geotechnical features must be taken into consideration when choosing a housing site), influenza dell'assetto del territorio sull'ambiente (topographical impact on the environment), in particolari condizioni topografiche,come in pianura od in ampie vallate,il tracciato rettilineo puo'essere considerato come un criterio opportuno (a straight alignment/location line/ may be sufficient, for example in plains or broad valleys, where particular topographical conditions exist), catalogo topografico (location register shelf catalogue, shelf catalog, shelf catalogue, shelflist, topographical catalog, topographical catalogue), carta topografica (topographical plan), alterazione della morfologia (topographical change). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 地形測量 (topographical survey). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ちけいそくりょう (topographical survey). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 지형도 작성. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | opographicaltay topográfico. (various references) topografic (surveying). (various references) топографический (topographic). (various references) topografski (topographic). (various references) topográfico. (various references) topografisk (topographic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "topographical": topographically. (additional references) | |
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"Topographical" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: topagraphical, topigraphical. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-g-h-i-l-o-o-p-p-r-t" | |
-2 letters: topographic. | |
-3 letters: apotropaic, applicator, pathologic, pictograph. | |
-4 letters: captopril, graphical, parochial. | |
-5 letters: acrolith, agitprop, agraphic, apologia, approach, atrophia, atrophic, calthrop, chappati, claptrap, haplopia, haptical, lothario, oligarch, orphical, palpator, photopia, photopic, taiglach, thoracal, tragical, troopial, tropical. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-g-h-i-l-o-o-p-p-r-t" | |
+2 letters: topographically. | |
+3 letters: parapsychologist, photographically. | |
+4 letters: parapsychologists, phytogeographical. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 6F 70 6F 67 72 61 70 68 69 63 61 6C |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101111 01110000 01101111 01100111 01110010 01100001 01110000 01101000 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T o p o g r a p h i c a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 006F 0070 006F 0067 0072 0061 0070 0068 0069 0063 0061 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54818281738467827475696778 |
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