ichnography

[ ik-nog-ruh-fee ]
/ ɪkˈnɒg rə fi /

noun, plural ich·nog·ra·phies.

the art of drawing a ground plan or layout of a building.
a ground plan or layout of a building; a horizontal representation of a building.

OTHER WORDS FROM ichnography

ich·no·graph·ic [ik-nuh-graf-ik] /ˌɪk nəˈgræf ɪk/, adjective ich·no·graph·i·cal, adjective ich·no·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby ichnography

Example sentences from the Web for ichnography

British Dictionary definitions for ichnography

ichnography
/ (ɪkˈnɒɡrəfɪ) /

noun

the art of drawing ground plans
the ground plan of a building, factory, etc

Derived forms of ichnography

ichnographic (ˌɪknəˈɡræfɪk) or ichnographical, adjective ichnographically, adverb

Word Origin for ichnography

C16: from Latin ichnographia, from Greek ikhnographia, from ikhnos trace, track