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geography collapse: study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation

Milky Way collapse: the galaxy containing the solar system; consists of millions of stars that can be seen as a diffuse band of light stretching across the night sky

space probe collapse: a rocket-propelled guided missile that can escape the earth's atmosphere; makes observations of the solar system that cannot be made by terrestrial observation

mileage collapse: distance measured in miles; a travel allowance at a given rate per mile traveled; the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned

navigation collapse: the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place; ship traffic; "the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts"

emplacement collapse: military installation consisting of a prepared position for siting a weapon

latitude collapse: scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction; the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself; an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator; freedom from normal restraints in conduct; "the new freedom in movies and novels"; "allowed his children considerable latitude in how they spent their money"

azimuth collapse: the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian

galaxy collapse: a splendid assemblage (especially of famous people); (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust; "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'"

site collapse: physical position in relation to the surroundings; "the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides"; the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); "a good site for the school"

road map collapse: a map showing roads (for automobile travel); a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action; "the president said he had a road map for normalizing relations with Vietnam"

weather map collapse: (meteorology) a map showing the principal meteorological elements at a given time and over an extended region

atlas collapse: a figure of a man used as a supporting column; the 1st cervical vertebra; a collection of maps in book form; (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders

placement collapse: contact established between applicants and prospective employees; "the agency provided placement services"; the act of putting something in a certain place; the spatial property of the way in which something is placed; "the arrangement of the furniture"; "the placement of the chairs"

region collapse: the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"; a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions"; the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of'); "it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job"; "the price is in the neighborhood of $100"

distance collapse: the property created by the space between two objects or points; size of the gap between two places; "the distance from New York to Chicago"; "he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points"; indifference by personal withdrawal; "emotional distance"; a distant region; "I could see it in the distance"; the interval between two times; "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes"; a remote point in time; "if that happens it will be at some distance in the future"; "at a distance of ten years he had forgotten many of the details"; keep at a distance; "we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living"

globe collapse: a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented

pinpoint collapse: the sharp point of a pin; a very brief moment; "they were strangers sharing a pinpoint of time together"; locate exactly; "can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?"; "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome"

extent collapse: the distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent"; the point or degree to which something extends; "the extent of the damage"; "the full extent of the law"; "to a certain extent she was right"

situation collapse: a condition or position in which you find yourself; "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate situation"; the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt; a complex or critical or unusual difficulty; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple"

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