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Webster 1913 Edition
Topography
To-pog′ra-phy
,Noun.
[F.
topographie
, Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] a place + [GREEK] to write.] 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.
☞ Topography, as the description of particular places, is distinguished from chorography, the description of a region or a district, and for geography, the description of the earth or of countries.
Brande & C.
Webster 1828 Edition
Topography
TOPOG'RAPHY
,Noun.