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Webster 1913 Edition


Ichnography

Ich-nog′ra-phy

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK];
ἴχνοσ
track, footstep + [GREEK] to describe: cf. F.
ichonographie
.]
(Drawing)
A horizontal section of a building or other object, showing its true dimensions according to a geometric scale; a ground plan; a map; also, the art of making such plans.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ichnography

ICHNOG'RAPHY

,
Noun.
[Gr. a footstep, and to describe.] In perspective, the view of any thing cut off by a plane parallel to the horizon, just at the base of it, a ground-plot.

Definition 2024


ichnography

ichnography

English

Noun

ichnography (plural ichnographies)

  1. The ground plan of a building
  2. the art of constructing ground plans

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