topography
A precise description of a place.
Other meanings
A detailed graphic representation of the surface features of a place or object.
The features themselves.
Related words
- craniotopography
- keratotopography
- microtopography
- nanotopography
- palaeotopography
- paleotopography
- phototopography
- phytotopography
- selenotopography
- sociotopography
- basin and range topography
Word history
From Ancient Greek "τοπογραφία".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “topography” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.