topography
English
Etymology
First attested in 1432. From Middle English topographye, from Latin topographia, from Ancient Greek τοπογραφία (topographía), from τόπος (tópos, “place”) + γράφω (gráphō, “I write”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (AU): (file) - Hyphenation: top‧og‧raphy
Noun
topography (countable and uncountable, plural topographies)
- A precise description of a place.
- A detailed graphic representation of the surface features of a place or object.
- The features themselves; terrain.
- The surveying of the features.
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Translations
the features themselves (the terrain)
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