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Webster 1913 Edition


Cosmography

Cos-mog′ra-phy

(k?z-m?g′r?-f?)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Cosmographies
(-f[GREEK]z)
.
[Gr.
κοσμογραφία
;
κόσμοσ
the world +
γράφειν
to write: cf. F.
cosmographie
.]
A description of the world or of the universe; or the science which teaches the constitution of the whole system of worlds, or the figure, disposition, and relation of all its parts.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cosmography

COSMOGRAPHY

,
Noun.
[Gr., the world, to describe.] A description of the world or universe; or the art which teaches the construction of the whole system of worlds, or the figure, disposition and the relation of all its parts, and the manner of representing them on a plane.

Definition 2024


cosmography

cosmography

English

Noun

cosmography (countable and uncountable, plural cosmographies)

  1. The creation of maps of the universe.
  2. The study of the size and geometry of the universe and changes in those with cosmic time.

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