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单词 cosmography
释义

cosmography

noun

cos·​mog·​ra·​phy käz-ˈmä-grə-fē How to pronounce cosmography (audio)
plural cosmographies
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
cosmographer
käz-ˈmä-grə-fər How to pronounce cosmography (audio)
noun
cosmographic
ˌkäz-mə-ˈgra-fik How to pronounce cosmography (audio)
adjective
or cosmographical
ˌkäz-mə-ˈgra-fi-kəl How to pronounce cosmography (audio)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Lovecraft, quite possibly insane, eschewed realism entirely for an astonishingly demented but powerful cosmography of ancient aliens preying upon the white man much as the white man had dominated others into the twentieth century. Siddhartha Deb, The New Republic, 21 Jan. 2020

Word History

Etymology

Middle English cosmographie, from Late Latin cosmographia, from Greek kosmographia, from kosmos + -graphia -graphy

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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