transcription, транскрипция: [ tə-ˈpä-grə-fē ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English topographie, from Late Latin topographia, from Greek, from topographein to describe a place, from topos place + graphein to write — more at carve
Date: 15th century
1.
a. : the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations
b. : topographical surveying
2.
a. : the configuration of a surface including its relief and the position of its natural and man-made features
b. : the physical or natural features of an object or entity and their structural relationships
the topography of human chromosomes
the political topography of our time