Topography

Word TOPOGRAPHY
Character 10
Hyphenation to pog ra phy
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Topography"

What do we mean by topography?

Detailed, precise description of a place or region. noun

Graphic representation of the surface features of a place or region on a map, indicating their relative positions and elevations. noun

A description or an analysis of a structured entity, showing the relations among its components. noun

The surface features of a place or region. noun

The surface features of an object. noun

The surveying of the features of a place or region. noun

The study or description of an anatomical region or part. noun

The detailed description of a particular locality, as a city, town, estate, parish, or tract of land; the detailed description of any region, including its cities, towns, villages, castles, etc. noun

The features of a region or locality collectively: as, the topography of a place. noun

In surveying, the delineation of the features, natural and artificial, of a country or a locality. noun

In anatomy, regional anatomy; the mapping of the surface of the body with reference to the parts and organs lying beneath such divisions of the surface, or the bounding of any part of the body by anatomical landmarks. noun

In zoology, the determination of those different parts of the surface of an animal which may be conveniently recognized by name, for the purpose of ordinary description of specimens: as, the topography of a bird, a crab, an insect. noun

The description of a particular place, town, manor, parish, or tract of land; especially, the exact and scientific delineation and description in minute detail of any place or region. noun

A precise description of a place noun

A detailed graphic representation of the surface features of a place or object noun

The features themselves (the terrain) noun

The surveying of the features noun

Precise detailed study of the surface features of a region noun

The configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features noun

A precise description of a place.

A detailed graphic representation of the surface features of a place or object.

The features themselves; terrain.

The surveying of the features.

The study of the surface of a large voluptuous cock. Urban Dictionary

When you pass out, either from lack of sleep or various "chemically induced" methods, on a floor which has been carpeted. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Topography

The word "topography" in example sentences

Chile's topography is an upside-down version of the West Coast of North America (with a little less flat land) -- one of the wealthiest places on Earth. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This organizational strategy for the house sought to register the difference in topography within the parcel by organizing a series of terraces that configure the framework for a landscape with differentiated characters. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Is it possible that Copenhagen's topography is quite flat? ❋ Unknown (2010)

So no, topography is not an excuse, but without tens of billions of dollars in additional transit tunnels, we will have an exceedingly hard time matching San Fransico's numbers ❋ Unknown (2010)

Michoacán's topography is ideal for the professional and amateur spelunker. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The park extends along the foothills of the Serranía del Darién and the topography is gently undulating. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I don't know that the topography is too terribly common for a major metro area, but, giving you that one for the moment, I'm guessing that the subsurface geology: advance sands and clays compacted to a near-impervious condition (but, something that breaks apart, unlike rock) from glaciers overlain by recessional outwash as those glaciers retreated, not too many metropolitan areas come to mind. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The topography is steep on the high peaks, with flat and undulating portions on the tablelands interrupted by deep valleys with a more temperate climate. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Their souls are at once stowed away in the crops of green birds where they remain till Resurrection Day, “eating of the fruits and drinking of the streams of Paradise,” a place however, whose topography is wholly uncertain. ❋ Unknown (2006)

But in south Lebanon, where the topography is in places more similar to the rolling, verdant hills of Gloucestershire and Somerset (not for nothing is the area known as "Little England"), the man-portable anti-tank weapon comes into its own. ❋ Richard (2006)

Interestingly, the Parthenon, which occupies a special place in the text's discursive topography, is a site that conflates Athenian nationalism and imperialism. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Still, Kreuter says that having detailed information on water, food, and topography is a key step. ❋ Unknown (2006)

You and your guests will be able to see the changes in topography and flora that mark the differences between this area of Jalisco and the Zona Lacustre (Lake Zone) of Michoacán. ❋ Unknown (2005)

They assume that the earth's topography is continuing to evolve pretty much as it always has — by a relatively small set of quantifiable mechanisms such as weathering, erosion, and sedimentation, which are basically the same everywhere, though they occur at different rates. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Much of it, by the very nature of the soil and the topography, is entirely unsuitable to agriculture but people have attempted to farm it. ❋ Unknown (1945)

Look at that [sorostitute] [right there]... She's a Cock Topographer! What [classes] are you taking this semseter??? Cock Topography! ❋ Cocksman958969 (2010)

[William] drank so many [beers] last night that he was gathering carpet topography data by [sunrise]. ❋ Dejaflu (2010)

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