Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

topography

Pronunciation: /təˈpɒgrəfi/

Translate topography | into Spanish
Definition of topography

noun (plural topographies)

[mass noun]
  • 1the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area:the topography of the island
  • [count noun] a detailed description or representation on a map of the physical features of an area.
  • 2 Anatomy & Biology the distribution of parts or features on the surface of or within an organ or organism.

Derivatives

topographer

noun

Origin:

late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek topographia, from topos 'place' + -graphia (see -graphy)

topography in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of topography in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

More words in this category

Word of the day

offing

/ ˈɒfɪŋ /
noun
the more distant part of the sea in view …