geography

noun10

1. •
   The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them.

   • Some amount of basic geography is part of any good curriculum for primary and secondary education.
2. •
   Similar books, studies, or regions concerning other planets.
3. •
   Terrain: the physical properties of a region of the earth.
4. •
   The physical arrangement of any place, particularly (UK, slang) a house.
5. •
   (figurative) The relative arrangement of the parts of anything.

   • The actual geography of the murderous mind is still a mystery.
6. •
   Any subject considered in terms of its physical distribution.
7. •
   A territory: a geographical area as a field of business or market sector.

   • We currently operate only in EU countries but we're building prototype services for various geographies.
8. •
   (informal, euphemistic) The lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.

   • The Business Man Jocular: ‘I say, where's the geography, old son?’ — 1967
9. •
   (no longer used) An atlas or gazetteer.
10. •
    (no longer used) A description of the earth: a treatise or textbook on geography.