cosmography

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noun (1)

cos·​mog·​ra·​phy käz-ˈmä-grə-fē 

plural cosmographies

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

cosmographer

käz-ˈmä-grə-fər 

noun

cosmographic

ˌkäz-mə-ˈgra-fik 

adjective

or cosmographical

ˌkäz-mə-ˈgra-fi-kəl 

cosmographer

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noun (2)

cos·​mog·​ra·​pher käz-ˈmä-grə-fər 

plural -s

1

: one skilled or occupied in cosmography

2

obsolete : geographer

Examples of cosmography in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The new study bypasses this entire ladder using a method called time-delay cosmography. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 7 Dec. 2025

In Galaxy Mapper, author Allie Summers and illustrator Sian James introduce readers to French astrophysicist Hélène Courtois, a working scientist who studies cosmography, or mapping the observable universe. — Caroline Carlson, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025

Pre-modern societies watched the sky and created cosmographies, maps of the skies that provided information for calendars and agricultural cycles. — Kimberly H. Breuer, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024

Lovecraft, quite possibly insane, eschewed realism entirely for an astonishingly demented but powerful cosmography of ancient aliens preying upon the white man much as the white man had dominated others into the twentieth century. — Siddhartha Deb, The New Republic, 21 Jan. 2020

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

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

Noun (2)

cosmography + -er

First Known Use

Noun (1)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for cosmography

• arthrography
• biography
• cartography
• cryptography
• demography
• discography
• echography
• ethnography
• filmography
• geography
• hydrography
• lithography