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topography (iou)



topography noun. LME.
[Late Latin topographia from Greek, formed as TOPO-: see -GRAPHY.]
A detailed description, delineation, or representation on a map of the features of a place. LME.
The detailed description or mapping of the natural and artificial features of a town, district, etc. LME.
R. G. Collingwood Literature..devoted to sentimental topography: books about the charm of Sussex, the magic of Oxford. Modern Painters Landscape was..more than a matter of topography.
b. transf. The identification of the locality or local distribution of a thing. rare. M17.
The surface features of a place or region collectively. M17.
O. Henry As straight as the topography of West Texas permitted. fig.: T. Reid I am not so well acquainted with the topography of the mind.
Anatomy & Zoology. The determination and description of the arrangement of parts in a region of the body, or of the external anatomy of an animal. M19.
topographer noun E17.
topo'graphic adjective M17.
topo'graphical adjective L16.
topo'graphically adverb in a topological manner, with respect to topography E17.
topographist noun (rare) L18.
topographize verb (rare) (a) verb trans. describe topographically; (b) verb intrans. undertake topographical research: L18.