cartographic

adjective

car·​to·​graph·​ic ¦kär-tə-¦gra-fik 

variants or less commonly cartographical

¦kär-tə-¦gra-fi-kəl 

: of or relating to cartography : relating to or used for the production of maps

cartographic tools/skills

a cartographic error

cartographically adverb

A week ago Monday, an early edition of the New York Times, cartographically portraying Reagan's itinerary in Latin America, had the President visiting Sao Paulo.

—Alexander Cockburn, Village Voice, 7 Dec. 1982

Word History

Etymology

French cartographique, from cartographie + -ique -ic, -ical

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Rhymes for cartographic

• autographic
• biographic
• calligraphic
• cryptographic
• demographic
• epigraphic
• ethnographic
• geographic
• holographic
• hydrographic
• lithographic
• mammographic