geo
ˈdʒiːoʊ
Geography and heat from underground: one lump of earth
The picture The ground under your feet taken as one whole, then drawn on, dug into, or measured out. Only what you do with it changes. geo is the ground spread under your feet; chron is time running as a line.
Where the picture shows up in geo
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Writing the ground down
She teaches geography at the middle school.
ʃiː ˈtiːtʃɪz dʒiˈɑːɡrəfi ət ðə ˈmɪdəl skuːl
She teaches geography at the middle school.
A hand copying the rivers, hills and roads of a wide country onto one sheet of paper.
geo(earth) + graph(write, draw).
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Reading what is inside it
The geologist checked the soil first.
ðə dʒiˈɑːlədʒɪst tʃekt ðə sɔɪl fɜːrst
The geologist checked the soil first.
A spade cutting down one layer at a time while a finger names each band of soil and rock.
geo + log(set in order and reason about).
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Lines that measure ground
The tiles are cut in simple geometry.
ðə taɪlz ər kʌt ɪn ˈsɪmpəl dʒiˈɑːmətri
The tiles are cut in simple geometry.
The same hand that once ran string across a field to square it off, now squaring off tiles.
metry means measure — it started as measuring land.
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Heat from inside the ground
The building runs on geothermal heat.
ðə ˈbɪldɪŋ rʌnz ɑːn ˌdʒiːoʊˈθɜːrməl hiːt
The building runs on geothermal heat.
Warmth brought up from deep below, travelling along pipes and spreading under the floor.
geo + therm(heat).
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Your dot on the ground
The app is asking for your geolocation.
ðə æp ɪz ˈæskɪŋ fɔːr jʊr ˌdʒiːoʊloʊˈkeɪʃən
The app is asking for your geolocation.
A whole wide map with a single dot set exactly where you are standing.
All of it in one picture
geo is one lump of earth under your feet. Write the rivers and roads of it onto paper and you have geography; line up the rocks inside it and you have geology; rule lines to measure it and you have geometry. Pull the heat out of it and it is geothermal; mark your own dot on it and it is geolocation. So when geo appears, just ask what is being done with the ground.