cosmography

cos·mog·ra·phy

noun \käz-ˈmä-grə-fē\

plural cos·mog·ra·phies

Definition of COSMOGRAPHY

1

: a general description of the world or of the universe

2

: the science that deals with the constitution of the whole order of nature

— cos·mog·ra·pher \-fər\ noun

— cos·mo·graph·ic \ˌkäz-mə-ˈgra-fik\ or cos·mo·graph·i·cal \-fi-kəl\ adjective

Origin of COSMOGRAPHY

Middle English cosmographie, from Late Latin cosmographia, from Greek kosmographia, from kosmos + -graphia -graphy

First Known Use: 14th century