n. (used with a sing. verb)
The physics of the earth and its environment, including the physics of fields such as meteorology, oceanography, and seismology.
geophysical ge'o·phys'i·cal adj.
geophysically ge'o·phys'i·cal·ly adv.
geophysicist ge'o·phys'i·cist (-ĭ-sĭst) n.
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