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cosmography

Pronunciation: /kɒzˈmɒgrəfi/
Definition of cosmography

noun (plural cosmographies)

[mass noun]
  • the branch of science which deals with the general features of the universe, including the earth: he published a series of elementary textbooks on cosmography, trigonometry, and astronomy (1651)
  • [count noun] a description or representation of the universe or the earth: the Ravenna Cosmography

Derivatives

cosmographer

noun

cosmographic

Pronunciation: /-məˈgrafɪk/
adjective

cosmographical

Pronunciation: /-məˈgrafɪk(ə)l/
adjective

Origin:

late Middle English: from French cosmographie, or via late Latin from Greek kosmographia, from kosmos (see cosmos1) + -graphia 'writing'

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