cosmography

[ koz-mog-ruh-fee ]
/ kɒzˈmɒg rə fi /

noun, plural cos·mog·ra·phies.

a science that describes and maps the main features of the heavens and the earth, including astronomy, geography, and geology.
a description or representation of the main features of the universe.

Origin of cosmography

1350–1400; Middle English < Greek kosmographía description of the world. See cosmo-, -graphy

OTHER WORDS FROM cosmography

cos·mog·ra·pher, cos·mog·ra·phist, noun cos·mo·graph·ic [koz-muh-graf-ik] /ˌkɒz məˈgræf ɪk/, cos·mo·graph·i·cal, adjective cos·mo·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby cosmography

cosmism, cosmo-, cosmochemistry, cosmodrome, cosmogony, cosmography, cosmoid, cosmological argument, cosmological constant, cosmological principle, cosmological redshift

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British Dictionary definitions for cosmography

cosmography
/ (kɒzˈmɒɡrəfɪ) /

noun

a representation of the world or the universe
the science dealing with the whole order of nature

Derived forms of cosmography

cosmographer or cosmographist, noun cosmographic (ˌkɒzməˈɡræfɪk) or cosmographical, adjective cosmographically, adverb

Scientific definitions for cosmography

cosmography
[ kŏz-mŏg′rə-fē ]

The study of the visible universe that includes the measurement and cataloging of its objects and structures.