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topography |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Topography \To*pog"ra*phy\, n. [F. topographie, Gr ?; ? a place + ? to write.] The description of a particular place town, manor, parish, or tract of land; especially, the exact and scientific delineation and description in minute detail of any place or region. Note: Topography, as the description of particular places, is distinguished from chorography, the description of a region or a district, and for geography, the description of the earth or of countries. --Brande & C. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: topography n 1: the configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features 2: precise detailed study of the surface features of a region
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