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单词 topography
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topographyn.

/təʊˈpɒɡrəfi/
Etymology: < late Latin topographia (in Servius and Jerome), < Greek τοπογραϕία , < τοπογράϕος (see topographer n.) + -ία , -y suffix3. Compare French topographie (16th cent.).
1.
a. The science or practice of describing a particular place, city, town, manor, parish, or tract of land; the accurate and detailed delineation and description of any locality.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > [noun] > physical geography > topology or topography
topographyc1550
topographics1834
topology1850
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 37 Al them that hes studeit in cosmographie geographie and in topographie.
1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 526 We might at the last by the union of many partes and papers compact one whole and perfect bodie and booke of our English Topographie.
1621 P. Heylyn Microcosmus 10 Topographie which is the description of a particular place, be it Towne, Citie or Village.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. vii. 75 Acquainted with Cosmography, treating of the world in whole joynts; with Chorography, shredding it into countries; and with Topography, mincing it into particular places.
a1646 J. Gregory Posthuma (1649) 322 The late Geographers,..calling these kinde of Descriptions [of small Parcels of the Earth] Topographie.
1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. iv. 164 (note) He..explains how lifeless all history is without topography.
b. A detailed description or delineation of the features of a locality.
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?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 329 Irlonde..whom Giraldus describenge in his Topographye, extollethe hit with mony laudes.
1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland Pref. sig. Aivv, in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II In our Topographie we haue at large set foorth and described the site of the land of Ireland.
1659 R. Kilburne (title) A topographie, or survey of the county of Kent.
1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 121 A Map of the Moon..with a Topography as it were..of all the considerable places therein.
c. Localization, local distribution; the study of this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun]
stallc1000
logh11..
settlea1340
placea1375
steada1387
sitea1398
assizec1400
position?a1425
estal1480
stound1557
planting1585
location1592
positure1600
posture1605
seat1607
situs1629
ubi1630
ubiety1645
locus1648
locality1656
topography1658
whereness1674
lie1697
spot1769
locus standi1809
possie1916
ubicity1922
1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iii. 51 If according to learned conjecture, the bodies of men shall rise where their greatest Reliques remain, many are not like to erre in the Topography of their Resurrection.
1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus i, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 91 Of deeper do[u]bt is its Topography, and locall designation.
1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. iii. 67 The topography of the textile manufactures is a most interesting subject of philosophical research. It investigates the causes why one district is occupied chiefly with cotton fabrics, a second with flax, a third with wool, and a fourth with silk.
2. The features of a region or locality collectively.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > [noun]
chorography1617
pedography1625
topography1642
paysage1650
face1673
the lie of the land1697
carte du pays1744
terrain1766
network1839
landscape1886
land form1893
microtopography1941
1846 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lucretia III. ii. xxvi. 253 Towards that [staircase] used by the servants, and which his researches into the topography of the mansion had..made known to him.
1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer III. 519 [Virgil] is not less neglectful of the actual topography; for he implies that Ilium is among the hills.
1873 G. C. Davies Mountain, Meadow & Mere xxv. 224 The water is often very clear, and the frost has cut the weeds down so that one learns the topography of the river bed and the exact locale of the ‘homes’ of the fish.
figurative.1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 10 Having rambl'd over the huge topography of his own vain thoughts.1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind vi. § ii. 155 I confess I am not so well acquainted with the topography of the mind.
3. transferred.
a. Anatomy. The determination of the position of the various parts and organs of the body; regional anatomy.
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the world > life > the body > study of body > [noun] > human anatomy > regional
topography1847
topology1899
1847 G. H. Lewes Hist. Philos. (1867) II. vi. 408 The organs are definitely indicated both as to position and size, by the topography of the skull.
b. Zoology. The determination and naming of the different regions or parts of the surface of an animal.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > naming of regions
topography1891
1891 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) The topography of a bird, a crab, an insect.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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