Cartography definition

kär-tŏgrə-fē

The art or technique of making maps or charts.

noun

The art or work of making maps or charts.

noun

The art or technique of making maps or charts.

The definition of cartography is the making of maps or charts.

An example of cartography is making an updated map of the world.

noun

(countable, figuratively) An illustrative discussion of a topic. [from 20th c.]

noun

(uncountable) The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography. [from 19th c.]

noun

Other Word Forms

Singular:

cartography

Plural:

cartographies

French cartographie carte map (from Old French) (from Latin charta, carta paper made from papyrus card¹) -graphie writing (from Greek -graphiā –graphy)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From French cartographie, from carte (“map”) (ultimately from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khartēs, “sheet of paper”)) + -graphie (“-graphy”) (from γράφω (graphō, “write”)).

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