cosmography

(käz mägrə 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

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

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See cosmography in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. cos·mog·ra·phies
  1. The study of the visible universe that includes geography and astronomy.
  2. A general description or depiction of the world or universe: “a full-blown cosmography in which Earth is ‘the garbage dump of the universe’” (Mark Muro).

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  • cos·mogˈra·pher noun
  • cosˌmo·graphˈic (-mə-grăfˈĭk), cosˌmo·graphˈi·cal adjective
  • cosˌmo·graphˈi·cal·ly adverb

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