Geo-
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As a prefix: geo- is taken from the Greek word γη or γαια meaning "earth", usually in the sense of "ground or land". Geo- is thus a prefix for many words dealing in some way with the earth, including:
- Geography, the study of the spatial characteristics of human and natural features on Earth as well as human-environment relationships
- Geology, the study of the Earth's structure
- Geotechnics, the application of scientific methods and engineering principles to the acquisition, interpretation, and use of knowledge of soil for engineering
- Geopolitics, the analysis of history, geography and social science with respect to international politics
- Geodesy, also known as geodetics, the study of the measurement and representation of the earth
- Geometer moth, the larvae of which appear to "measure the earth" as they move in a looping fashion
- Geometry, the mathematics of Earth measurement
- Geocentric, a model of the universe that places the earth at its centre
- Geostationary orbit, a circular orbit directly above the Earth's equator
- Geosynchronous orbit, an orbit that has the same period as the Earth's sidereal rotation
- Geocentric, a model of the universe that places the earth at its centre
- Geothermal (geology), heat sources from within the Earth
- Geo-exchange, a heating and cooling system
- Geocaching, an outdoor activity that involves using navigational techniques to find geocaches
- Geocoding or GeoTagging, encoding coordinates into features, images, web pages and other data records
- Geolocation, the science of determining the real-world location of a website or website visitor
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