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Peter Berry
Date Of Creation:
11 February 2021
Update Date:
15 May 2024
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The prefixgeo-, of Greek origin, means belonging to or relative to the Earth. For example: geolodge, geospelling, geocentral.
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Examples of words with the prefix geo-
- Geobiology. Science that is responsible for the study of the geological evolution of the Earth and the origin, composition and evolution of the living beings that inhabit it.
- Geobotany. Study of plants and the terrestrial environment.
- Geocentric. Which is related to the center of the Earth.
- Geocyclic. Which refers to or relates to the movement of the Earth around the sun.
- Geode. Hollow or cavity in a rock that contains walls covered with crystallized rocks.
- Geodesy. Branch of geology that is responsible for making terrestrial maps by applying mathematics and measurements to the figure of the Earth.
- Geodest. Geologist who has specialized in geodesy.
- Geodynamics. Area of geology that studies the earth's crust and all the processes that modify or alter it.
- Geostationary. Object that is in synchronous rotation with respect to the Earth so it does not seem to move.
- Geophagy. Disease that consists of the habit of eating dirt or another substance that does not have nutrition.
- Geophysics. Area of geology that is responsible for studying the physical phenomena that modify the Earth and its structure or composition.
- Geogeny. Part of geology that deals with the study of the origin and evolution of the Earth.
- Geography. Science that is responsible for the study of the physical, current and natural appearance of the Earth's surface.
- Geographer. Person who dedicates himself and studies geography.
- geology. Science that studies the origin, evolution and composition of planet Earth as well as its structure and the materials that compose it.
- Geomagnetism. Set of phenomena that are related to the magnetism of the Earth.
- Geomorphy / geomorphology. Part of geodesy that is responsible for the study of the globe and maps.
- Geopolitics. Study of the evolution and history of the peoples that inhabit a certain territory and the economic and racial variables that characterize them.
- Geoponics. Land work.
- Geophone. Artifact that converts the movement of tectonic plates in an earthquake into an electrical signal.
- Georgian. That is related to agriculture.
- geosphere. Part of the Earth comprised of a part of the lithosphere, the hydrosphere and the atmosphere, where living beings can inhabit (due to their climatic conditions).
- Geostrophic. Type of wind that is produced by the rotation of the Earth.
- Geotechnics. Part of geology that is responsible for studying the compounds of the soil (the most superficial part of the Earth) for construction.
- Geotectonic. That it has the shape, arrangement and structure of the terrain and the rocks that make up the earth's crust.
- Geothermal. Thermal phenomena that occur inside the Earth.
- Geotropism. Degree or orientation of plant growth that are determined by the force of gravity.
- Geometry. Part of mathematics that deals with the study of shapes.
- Geometric. Exact or precise.
- Geoplane. Didactic tool to teach geometry.
- It can help you: Prefixes (with their meaning)
(!) Exceptions
Not all words that start with syllables geo- correspond to this prefix. There are some exceptions:
- Georgia. State of the United States or Country of Asia.
- Georgian. Relating to the state of Georgia, in the United States, or to the country of Georgia in Asia.
- Follows with: Prefixes and suffixes