TOPOGRAPHY


Meaning of TOPOGRAPHY in English

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.