Topography



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解释

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• n.地形学
• ［英］ n. 地形学 ( the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail on maps or charts)
• ［记］ topo ( 地方) +graphy ( 写) -> 地形学;
• ［同］ 参考: toponym ( 地名)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English topographie, from Late Latin topographia, from Greek, from topographein to describe a place, from topos place + graphein to write — more at carve
• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations
  • b. topographical surveying
• 2.
  • a. the configuration of a surface including its relief and the position of its natural and man-made features
  • b. the physical or natural features of an object or entity and their structural relationships <the topography of human chromosomes><the political topography of our time>

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