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GEO or Geo may refer to any of the following:

Geo. is sometimes an abbreviation of the name George.

As a prefix, geo- is taken from the Greek word γη or γαια meaning "earth", usually in the sense of "ground or land". Geo- is thus a prefix for many words dealing in some way with the earth, including:

  • Geocaching, an outdoor activity that involves using navigational techniques to finds geocaches
  • Geocentric, a model of the universe that places the earth at its centre
  • Geocoding, encoding coordinates in to features, images, web ages and other data records
  • Geodesy, also known as geodetics, the study of the measurement and representation of the earth
  • Geo-exchange, a heating and cooling system
  • Geography, the study of the Earth and its features
  • Geolocation, the science of determining the real-world location of a website or website visitor
  • Geology, the study of the Earth's structure
  • Geometry, the study of spatial relationships
  • Geopolitics, the analysis of history, geography and social science with respect to international politics
  • Geostationary orbit, a circular orbit directly above the earth's equator
  • Geosynchronous orbit, an orbit that has the same period as the Earth's sidereal rotation
  • Geothermal (geology), heat sources from within the Earth
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