geographical point

/ˈdʒiəˌgræfəkəl pɔɪnt/

Other forms: geographical points

Definitions of geographical point

1. noun

   a point on the surface of the Earth
   synonyms: geographic point

   types:

   work, workplace

   a place where work is done

   address

   the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with

   confluence, meeting

   a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)

   epicenter, epicentre

   the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake

   magnetic pole

   either of two points where the lines of force of the Earth's magnetic field are vertical

   pole

   one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface

   port

   a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country

   bakehouse, bakery, bakeshop

   a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold

   beehive

   any workplace where people are very busy

   brokerage, brokerage house

   place where a broker conducts his business

   central, exchange, telephone exchange

   a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication

   colliery, pit

   a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it

   creamery

   a workplace where dairy products (butter and cheese etc.) are produced or sold

   drill site

   workplace that is the site of a drill hole

   exchange

   a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members

   farm

   workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit

   fishery, piscary

   a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold

   fish farm

   a workplace (usually a pond) where fish are raised for food

   forge, smithy

   a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering

   gasworks

   the workplace where coal gas is manufactured

   glassworks

   a workplace where glass is made

   ironworks

   the workplace where iron is smelted or where iron goods are made

   job

   a workplace; as in the expression "on the job";

   lab, laboratory, research lab, research laboratory, science lab, science laboratory

   a workplace for the conduct of scientific research

   laundry

   workplace where clothes are washed and ironed

   location

   a workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made

   lumberyard

   a workplace where lumber is stocked for sale

   oyster bank, oyster bed, oyster park

   a workplace where oysters are bred and grown

   proving ground

   a workplace for testing new equipment or ideas

   rope yard, ropewalk

   workplace consisting of a long narrow path or shed where rope is made

   roundhouse

   workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing locomotives

   shipyard

   a workplace where ships are built or repaired

   shop floor

   workplace consisting of the part of a factory housing the machines

   studio

   workplace for the teaching or practice of an art

   studio

   workplace consisting of a room or building where movies or television shows or radio programs are produced and recorded

   tannery

   workplace where skins and hides are tanned

   test bed

   a place equipped with instruments for testing (e.g. engines or machinery or computer programs etc.) under working conditions

   waterworks

   workplace where water is stored and purified and distributed for a community

   shop, workshop

   small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done

   mailing address

   the address where a person or organization can be communicated with

   street address

   the address where a person or organization can be found

   abode, residence

   any address at which you dwell more than temporarily

   business address

   the address at which a business is located

   entrepot, transshipment center

   a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties

   free port

   a port open on equal terms to all commercial vessels

   home port

   the port from which a ship originates of where it is registered

   outport

   a subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port (but usually farther from the center of trade)

   point of entry, port of entry

   a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise

   harbor, harbour, haven, seaport

   a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo

   treaty port

   a port in China or Korea or Japan that once was open to foreign trade on the basis of a trading treaty

   type of:

   point

   the precise location of something; a spatially limited location