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cosmography
[ koz-mog-ruh-fee ]
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.
cosmography
/ ˌkɒzməˈɡræfɪk; kɒzˈmɒɡrəfɪ /
noun
- a representation of the world or the universe
- the science dealing with the whole order of nature
cosmography
/ kŏz-mŏg′rə-fē /
- The study of the visible universe that includes the measurement and cataloging of its objects and structures.
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Derived Forms
- cosmographic, adjective
- ˌcosmoˈgraphically, adverb
- cosˈmographer, noun
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Other Words From
- cos·mogra·pher cos·mogra·phist noun
- cos·mo·graph·ic [koz-m, uh, -, graf, -ik], cosmo·graphi·cal adjective
- cosmo·graphi·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cosmography1
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Example Sentences
The Professor of Astronomy was to teach astronomy, optics, navigation, and cosmography.
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Biography has, too, its place in this playing-card cosmography, though it has not many examples.
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His cosmography, like all of them, began with the creation and came down to the pontificate of Martin V who was then Pope.
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The same has been affirmed also by persons versed in learning and skilled in the science of cosmography.
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The history of cosmography is compounded of natural history, civil history, and mathematics.
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