Main Entry:: to·pog·ra·phy
Pronunciation:: \tə-ˈpä-grə-fē\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Middle English topographie, from Late Latin topographia, from Greek, from topographein to describe a place, from topos place + graphein to write — more at carve
Date:: 15th century

1 a: the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations b: topographical surveying2 a: the configuration of a surface including its relief and the position of its natural and man-made features b: the physical or natural features of an object or entity and their structural relationships <the topography of human chromosomes> <the political topography of our time>

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