topographic

adjective

to·​po·​graph·​ic ˌtä-pə-ˈgra-fik 

ˌtō-

: of, relating to, or concerned with topography

topographic maps

Examples of topographic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The new equipment funded from the highway construction budget aims to streamline topographic surveys and construction documentation processes, according to Public Works Director Andrew Engel. —Janean Sorrell, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025

According to Prasad, there are two factors that created the large temperature in those measurements—poor surface thermal conductivity and increasing sensitivity to topographic variation away from the equator. —Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2025

The measures include warm winter, winter sun, temperate sun, low summer humidity, topographic variation, and water area. —Terri Williams, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024

Researchers can use these differences in height to create a kind of topographic map of the surface of fresh- and seawater. —David Bressan, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1632, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for topographic

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

Kids Definition

topographic

adjective

to·​po·​graph·​ic ˌtäp-ə-ˈgraf-ik 

ˌtōp-ə-

variants or topographical

-ˈgraf-i-kəl

: of, relating to, or showing topography

a topographic map

topographically

-k(ə-)lē

adverb