cosmography

[ koz-mog-ruh-fee ]

/ kɒzˈmɒg rə fi /

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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.

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Origin of cosmography

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

OTHER WORDS FROM cosmography

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

Words nearby cosmography

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

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How to use cosmography in a sentence

The Professor of Astronomy was to teach astronomy, optics, navigation, and cosmography.
Art in England|Dutton Cook
Biography has, too, its place in this playing-card cosmography, though it has not many examples.
The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893|Various
His cosmography, like all of them, began with the creation and came down to the pontificate of Martin V who was then Pope.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2)|Anatole France
The same has been affirmed also by persons versed in learning and skilled in the science of cosmography.
Hernando Cortez|John S. C. Abbott

The history of cosmography is compounded of natural history, civil history, and mathematics.
The Worlds Greatest Books, Volume XIII.|Various

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 of cosmography

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

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Scientific 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.