nomography

[ noh-mog-ruh-fee ]
/ noʊˈmɒg rə fi /

noun, plural no·mog·ra·phies for 1.

the art of or a treatise on drawing up laws.
the art of making and using a nomogram for solving a succession of nearly identical problems.

Origin of nomography

First recorded in 1725–35, nomography is from the Greek word nomographía the writing of laws. See nomo-, -graphy

OTHER WORDS FROM nomography

no·mog·ra·pher, noun nom·o·graph·ic [nom-uh-graf-ik, noh-muh-] /ˌnɒm əˈgræf ɪk, ˌnoʊ mə-/, nom·o·graph·i·cal, adjective nom·o·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby nomography

nomo-, nomocanon, nomocracy, nomogram, nomograph, nomography, nomological, nomology, nomothetic, nomotopic, nomura

British Dictionary definitions for nomographer

nomography
/ (nɒˈmɒɡrəfɪ) /

noun plural -phies

the science of constructing nomographs See nomogram

Derived forms of nomography

nomographer, noun nomographic (ˌnɒməˈɡræfɪk) or nomographical, adjective nomographically, adverb