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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cos•mog•ra•phy (koz mog′rə fē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -phies. - Astronomya science that describes and maps the main features of the heavens and the earth, including astronomy, geography, and geology.
- Astronomya description or representation of the main features of the universe.
- Greek kosmographía description of the world. See cosmo-, -graphy
- 1350–1400; Middle English
cos•mog′ra•pher, cos•mog′ra•phist, n. cos•mo•graph•ic (koz′mə graf′ik),USA pronunciation cos′mo•graph′i•cal, adj. cos′mo•graph′i•cal•ly, adv. |