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单词 ichnography
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ichnography

[ ik-nog-ruh-fee ]
/ ɪkˈnɒg rə fi /

noun, plural ich·nog·ra·phies.

the art of drawing a ground plan or layout of a building.
a ground plan or layout of a building; a horizontal representation of a building.

Origin of ichnography

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Middle French ichnographie or directly from Latin ichnographia “ground plan, building plot,” from Greek ichnographía “a tracing out, ground plan”; see origin at ichno-, -graphy

OTHER WORDS FROM ichnography

ich·no·graph·ic [ik-nuh-graf-ik], /ˌɪk nəˈgræf ɪk/, adjectiveich·no·graph·i·cal, adjectiveich·no·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby ichnography

ichneumon, ichneumon fly, ichnite, ichno-, ichnofossil, ichnography, ichnology, ichor, ichoroid, ichorrhea, ichth.
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Example sentences from the Web for ichnography

  • They are marked on an old map of the borough, classically described as the "Ichnography or ground plan of Guildford."

    Highways and Byways in Surrey|Eric Parker
  • Already a ground-plan, or ichnography, has been laid down of the future colonial empire.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843|Various

British Dictionary definitions for ichnography

ichnography
/ (ɪkˈnɒɡrəfɪ) /

noun

the art of drawing ground plans
the ground plan of a building, factory, etc

Derived forms of ichnography

ichnographic (ˌɪknəˈɡræfɪk) or ichnographical, adjectiveichnographically, adverb

Word Origin for ichnography

C16: from Latin ichnographia, from Greek ikhnographia, from ikhnos trace, track
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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