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cosmographical, a.|ˌkɒzməʊˈgræfɪkəl|
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
Of or relating to cosmography.
1559W. Cuningham (title), The Cosmographical Glasse, conteinying the pleasant Principles of Cosmography, Geographie, Hydrographie, or Navigation. 1632Heywood 1st Part Iron Age v. Wks. 1874 III. 340 Tis a description Cosmographicall Of all the Earth, the Ayre, the Sea and Heauen. 1635N. Carpenter Geog. Del. i. xi. 241 To this rule..are squared all Cosmographicall Tables. 1838Prescott Ferd. & Is. (1846) II. xvi. 107 Independently of the cosmographical knowledge it implies. 1861Wright Ess. Archæol. II. xiii. 15 Popular cosmographical treatises.
Hence cosmoˈgraphically. adv.
1658Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. ii. (ed. 4) 68 Upon the..spherical magnet Cosmographically [ed. 1646 geographically] set out with circles of the Globe. |