topography

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: to=pog=ra=phy

CIDE DICTIONARY

topography, n. [F. topographie, Gr. ; a place + to write.].

 The description of a particular place, town, manor, parish, or tract of land; especially, the exact and scientific delineation and description in minute detail of any place or region.  [1913 Webster]
" Topography, as the description of particular places, is distinguished from chorography, the description of a region or a district, and for geography, the description of the earth or of countries."  Brande & C.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

topography, n.
1 a a detailed description, representation on a map, etc., of the natural and artificial features of a town, district, etc. b such features.
2 Anat. the mapping of the surface of the body with reference to the parts beneath.

Derivative

topographer n. topographic adj. topographical adj. topographically adv.

Etymology

ME f. LL topographia f. Gk f. topos place

THESAURUS

topography

Lambert conformal projection, Mercator projection, Miller projection, aeronautical chart, altimetry, astronomical chart, atlas, azimuthal equidistant projection, azimuthal projection, bathymetry, biometrics, biometry, cadastration, cartographer, cartography, celestial chart, celestial globe, chart, chorographer, chorography, climatic chart, conic projection, contour line, contour map, craniometry, cylindrical projection, general reference map, geodesy, geodetic satellite, geodetics, geography, globe, gnomonic projection, goniometry, graphic scale, grid line, hachure, heliographic chart, hydrographic chart, hypsography, hypsometry, index, isoline, latitude, layer tint, legend, longitude, map, map maker, map projection, mapper, mensuration, meridian, metrology, navigation, oceanography, orbiting geophysical observatory, parallel, photogrammetrist, photogrammetry, photomap, phototopography, physical map, planimetry, political map, polyconic projection, projection, psychometrics, psychometry, relief map, representative fraction, road map, scale, sinusoidal projection, special map, stereometry, surveying, terrain, terrain map, terrestrial globe, thematic map, topographer, topographic chart, transportation map, weather chart, weather map

ROGET THESAURUS

topography

Situation

N situation, position, locality, locale, status, latitude and longitude, footing, standing, standpoint, post, stage, aspect, attitude, posture, pose, environment, surroundings (location), circumjacence, place, site, station, seat, venue, whereabouts, ground, bearings, spot, topography, geography, chorography, map, situate, situated, local, topical, topographical, in situ, in loco, here and there, passim, hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts, in place, here, there, in such and such surroundings, in such and such environs, in such and such entourage, amidst such and such surroundings, amidst such and such environs, amidst such and such entourage.