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GEOLOGICALLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

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Meaning:

With respect to geology

Example:

geologically speaking, this area is extremely interesting

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

geological (of or relating to or based on geology)

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 Context examples: 

It has geologically distinct hemispheres, with smooth lowlands in the north and cratered, high-elevation terrain in the south. The red planet also has two small oddly-shaped oblong moons and a composition that sets it apart from that of the Earth.

(Ancient Asteroid Impact Explains Martian Geological Mysteries, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

That would mean Europa is a more geologically interesting planetary body than previously believed.

(Table Salt Compound Spotted on Europa, NASA)

Titan has an active methane-based hydrologic cycle that has shaped a complex geologic landscape, making its surface one of most geologically diverse in the solar system, said Rosaly Lopes, a planetary geologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and lead author of new research used to develop the map.

(The First Global Geologic Map of Titan Completed, NASA)

Since the icy shell is geologically young and features abundant evidence of past geologic activity, it was suspected that whatever salts exist on the surface may derive from the ocean below.

(Table Salt Compound Spotted on Europa, NASA)