SINCE 1828
cosmography
noun
cos·mog·ra·phy
| \ käz-ˈmä-grə-fē
\
\
plural cosmographies
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
Other Words from cosmography
cosmographer
\ käz-ˈmä-grə-fər
\
noun
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noun
cosmographic
\ ˌkäz-mə-ˈgra-fik
\
or cosmographical \ ˌkäz-mə-ˈgra-fi-kəl
\
adjective
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or cosmographical \ ˌkäz-mə-ˈgra-fi-kəl
\
adjective
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