'Topography' definitions:
Definition of 'topography'
(from WordNet)
noun
The configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features
noun
Precise detailed study of the surface features of a region
Definition of 'Topography'
From: GCIDE
- Topography \To*pog"ra*phy\, n. [F. topographie, Gr. ?; ? a place + ? to write.] The description of a particular place, town, manor, parish, or tract of land; especially, the exact and scientific delineation and description in minute detail of any place or region. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Topography, as the description of particular places, is distinguished from chorography, the description of a region or a district, and for geography, the description of the earth or of countries. --Brande & C. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'topography'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aeronautical chart,
- altimetry,
- astronomical chart,
- atlas,
- azimuthal equidistant projection,
- azimuthal projection,
- bathymetry,
- biometrics,
- biometry,
- cadastration,
- cartographer,
- cartography,
- celestial chart,
- celestial globe,
- chart,
- chorographer,
- chorography,
- climatic chart,
- conic projection,
- contour line,
- contour map,
- craniometry,
- cylindrical projection,
- general reference map,
- geodesy,
- geodetic satellite,
- geodetics,
- geography,
- globe,
- gnomonic projection,
- goniometry,
- graphic scale,
- grid line,
- hachure,
- heliographic chart,
- hydrographic chart,
- hypsography,
- hypsometry,
- index,
- isoline,
- Lambert conformal projection,
- latitude,
- layer tint,
- legend,
- longitude,
- map,
- map maker,
- map projection,
- mapper,
- mensuration,
- Mercator projection,
- meridian,
- metrology,
- Miller projection,
- navigation,
- oceanography,
- orbiting geophysical observatory,
- parallel,
- photogrammetrist,
- photogrammetry,
- photomap,
- phototopography,
- physical map,
- planimetry,
- political map,
- polyconic projection,
- projection,
- psychometrics,
- psychometry,
- relief map,
- representative fraction,
- road map,
- scale,
- sinusoidal projection,
- special map,
- stereometry,
- surveying,
- terrain,
- terrain map,
- terrestrial globe,
- thematic map,
- topographer,
- topographic chart,
- transportation map,
- weather chart,
- weather map