Main Entry: cos·mog·ra·phy

Pronunciation: \käz-ˈmä-grə-fē\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural cos·mog·ra·phies

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

Date: 14th century

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