təˈpägrəfē, tōˈ-, -fi noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English topographie, from Late Latin topographia, from Greek, from topographein to describe a place (from topos place + graphein to write) + -ia -y — more at topic , carve
1.
a.
(1) obsolete : the description of a particular place (as a city, town, manor, parish, or tract of land)
(2) : the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of selected natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations
(3) : topographical surveying
b.
(1) : the configuration of a surface including its relief and the position of its natural and man-made features
a map showing the topography of the county
(2) : the physical or natural features of an object or entity and their structural relationships
statistics which reveal the economic topography of our time — R.D.Mack
2.
a. : regional anatomy
b. : a chart or illustration showing the location of body parts (as of a bird or mammal)