cosmography

[ koz-mog-ruh-fee ]

/ kɒzˈmɒg rə fi /

noun, plural cos·mog·ra·phies.

a science that describes and maps the main features of the heavens and the earth, including astronomy, geography, and geology.

a description or representation of the main features of the universe.

Nearby words

cosmism, cosmo-, cosmochemistry, cosmodrome, cosmogony, cosmography, cosmoid, cosmological argument, cosmological constant, cosmological principle, cosmological redshift

Origin of cosmography

1350–1400; Middle English < Greek kosmographía description of the world. See cosmo-, -graphy

Related forms

cos·mog·ra·pher, cos·mog·ra·phist, nouncos·mo·graph·ic

[koz-muh-graf-ik] /ˌkɒz məˈgræf ɪk/, cos·mo·graph·i·cal, adjectivecos·mo·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for cosmography

Even when Heylin published his Cosmography, (1652,) forks were still a novelty.
Ten Thousand Wonderful Things|Edmund Fillingham King
The Professor of Astronomy was to teach astronomy, optics, navigation, and cosmography.
Art in England|Dutton Cook
Bishop Lulla is to send a cosmography and a volume of poems.
The Great Book-Collectors|Charles Isaac Elton and Mary Augusta Elton
He was the author of several publications on cosmography and navigation.
History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia|Charles Campbell

The marvel of it all is, not that they believed as they did, but that any other views of cosmography could have been established.
Mars and its Mystery|Edward Sylvester Morse

British Dictionary definitions for cosmography

cosmography

/ (kɒzˈmɒɡrəfɪ) /

noun

a representation of the world or the universe

the science dealing with the whole order of nature

Derived Forms

cosmographer or cosmographist, nouncosmographic (ˌkɒzməˈɡræfɪk) or cosmographical, adjectivecosmographically, adverb

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Science definitions for cosmography

cosmography

[ kŏz-mŏg′rə-fē ]

The study of the visible universe that includes the measurement and cataloging of its objects and structures.