cosmography

[ koz-mog-ruh-fee ]

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noun

, plural cos·mog·ra·phies.

a science that describes and maps the main features of the heavens and the earth, including astronomy, geography, and geology.
a description or representation of the main features of the universe.

cosmography

/ ˌkɒzməˈɡræfɪk; kɒzˈmɒɡrəfɪ /

cosmography

/ kŏz-mŏg′rə-fē /

The study of the visible universe that includes the measurement and cataloging of its objects and structures.

1350–1400; Middle English < Greek kosmographía description of the world. See cosmo-, -graphy

The Professor of Astronomy was to teach astronomy, optics, navigation, and cosmography.

Biography has, too, its place in this playing-card cosmography, though it has not many examples.

His cosmography, like all of them, began with the creation and came down to the pontificate of Martin V who was then Pope.

The same has been affirmed also by persons versed in learning and skilled in the science of cosmography.

The history of cosmography is compounded of natural history, civil history, and mathematics.

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