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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Geographic \Ge`o*graph"ic\, Geographical \Ge`o*graph"ic*al\, a.
     [L. geographicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. g['e]ographique.]
     Of or pertaining to geography.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Geographical distribution. See under Distribution.
  
     Geographic latitude (of a place), the angle included
        between a line perpendicular or normal to the level
        surface of water at rest at the place, and the plane of
        the equator; differing slightly from the geocentric
        latitude by reason of the difference between the earth's
        figure and a true sphere.
  
     Geographical mile. See under Mile.
  
     Geographical variation, any variation of a species which is
        dependent on climate or other geographical conditions.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Geographic \Ge`o*graph"ic\, Geographical \Ge`o*graph"ic*al\, a.
     [L. geographicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. g['e]ographique.]
     Of or pertaining to geography.
  
     Geographical distribution. See under Distribution.
  
     Geographic latitude (of a place), the angle included
        between a line perpendicular or normal to the level
        surface of water at rest at the place, and the plane of
        the equator; differing slightly from the geocentric
        latitude by reason of the difference between the earth's
        figure and a true sphere.
  
     Geographical mile. See under Mile.
  
     Geographical variation, any variation of a species which is
        dependent on climate or other geographical conditions.

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