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Webster 1913 Edition


Cosmography

Cos-mog′ra-phy

(k?z-m?g′r?-f?)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Cosmographies
(-f[GREEK]z)
.
[Gr.
κοσμογραφία
;
κόσμοσ
the world +
γράφειν
to write: cf. F.
cosmographie
.]
A description of the world or of the universe; or the science which teaches the constitution of the whole system of worlds, or the figure, disposition, and relation of all its parts.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cosmography

COSMOGRAPHY

,
Noun.
[Gr., the world, to describe.] A description of the world or universe; or the art which teaches the construction of the whole system of worlds, or the figure, disposition and the relation of all its parts, and the manner of representing them on a plane.