topographical
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These scans allowed the team to construct detailed topographical maps showing how the DNA molecules were positioned.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
The flat expanse of Winnipeg, Canada, where it was filmed, makes a good topographical match for east Kansas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Even small details—a brochure for a luxury yacht and a topographical map of Panama—illustrate the kind of granular research he pursued to ground his characters in later novels, such as “The Night Manager.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
To explain how flat the mirrors are, Dr Frank Rohmund, president of semiconductor manufacturing optics at Zeiss, uses a topographical analogy.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2024
Thinking that his escape route had been cut off, he returned to the bus—a reasonable course of action, given his topographical ignorance.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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