cosmography

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κοσμογρᾰφία (kosmogrăphía, “description of the world”). By surface analysis, cosmo- +‎ -graphy.

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  • Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

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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