topographical map

collocation in English

meaningsoftopographicalandmap

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topographical
adjective
uk
/ˌtɒp.əˈɡræf.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌtɑː.pəˈɡræf.ɪ.kəl/
relating to topography (= the study of the physical appearance of the natural features ...
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map
noun[C]
uk
/mæp/us
/mæp/
a drawing of the earth's surface, or part of that surface, showing the shape and position of different countries, political borders, natural features such as rivers and mountains, and artificial features such as roads ...
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(Definition oftopographicalandmapfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Drawing on a 17th-centurytopographicalmap.
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Thetopographicalmapon the cortex is a picture all right, but only for the theorist and not the monkey.
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The optic tectum exists as an ordered localization system, in the form of atopographicalmap.
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They move in the night and use the environment as a map, similar to a human reading atopographicalmap.
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From this, atopographicalmapof the entire peninsula at a scale of 1:25,000 was made.
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The northern portion of the city is at high elevation and southern at low as pertopographicalmap.
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It was also standard that he would get atopographicalmapof a site before he began a design.
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His first major task was to produce a reliabletopographicalmapof the interior of the island.
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This painting depicts a nude female figure with contour lines marked on her body, much like that of atopographicalmap.
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The project will also produce a digitaltopographicalmapof the area so that park staff may overlay with historical maps.
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The circumnavigation allowed rover drivers to identify possible entry and exit points, create a high resolutiontopographicalmapof the crater and test out upgraded drive software.
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Points yielding different utility levels are each associated with distinct indifference curves and these indifference curves on the indifference map are like contour lines on atopographicalmap.
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In thetopographicalmapprinted in 1978 it can only be made out with difficulty that the third letter is an "o" and the penultimate one an "r".
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Thetopographicalmapindicates any distortions or scarring in the cornea, with keratoconus revealed by a characteristic steepening of curvature which is usually below the centreline of the eye.
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