topographical

Variant of topography

topography definition

to·pog·ra·phy (tə päg′rə fē)

noun pl. topographies -·phies

  1. the accurate and detailed description of a place
    1. the science of drawing on maps and charts or otherwise representing the surface features of a region, including its relief and rivers, lakes, etc., and such man-made features as canals, bridges, roads, etc.
    2. these surface features
  3. topographic surveying
  4. a study or description of a region, system, or part of the body showing specific relations of component parts as to shape, size, position, etc. cerebral topography
  5. any similar study of an entity, as the mind, the atom, a particular discipline, etc.

Etymology: ME topographye < LL topographia < Gr: see topic & -graphy

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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