cosmographical

Variant of cosmography

cosmography definition

cos·mog·ra·phy (käz mäg′rə fē)

noun

  1. a general description of the world
  2. the science dealing with the structure of the universe as a whole and of its related parts: geology, geography, and astronomy are branches of cosmography

Etymology: ME cosmographie < LL cosmographia < Gr kosmographia, description of the world: see cosmo- & -graphy

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