cosmography

cosmography
cosmographer, cosmographist, n.cosmographic /koz'meuh graf"ik/, cosmographical, adj.cosmographically, adv.
/koz mog"reuh fee/, n., pl. cosmographies.
1. a science that describes and maps the main features of the heavens and the earth, including astronomy, geography, and geology.
2. a description or representation of the main features of the universe.
[1350-1400; ME < Gk kosmographía description of the world. See COSMO-, -GRAPHY]

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