cartography
/kɑːˈtɒɡrəfi
/noun [mass noun]
The science or practice of drawing maps.So there is good reason to say that during the war, military geography and military cartography emerged as full-fledged sciences in their own right....
- Mercator had studied geography, cartography and mathematics at the University of Louvain in Belgium.
- Cosmographia provided a layman's introduction to such subjects as astronomy, geography, cartography, surveying, navigation and mathematical instruments.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from French cartographie, from carte 'map, card' (see card1) + -graphie (see -graphy).
Rhymes
- knower
- know-everythingism
- knowful
- know-how
- know how many beans make five
- knowing
- knowing cove
- knowingly
- knowingness
- knowing one
- know-it-all
- knowledgable
- knowledge
- knowledgeability
- knowledgeable
- knowledgeableness
- knowledgeably
- knowledge assessment
- knowledge asset
- knowledge base
- knowledge-based
- knowledge box
- knowledge boy
- knowledge capital
- knowledged