Associations to the word «Topography»

Wiktionary

TOPOGRAPHY, noun. A precise description of a place
TOPOGRAPHY, noun. A detailed graphic representation of the surface features of a place or object
TOPOGRAPHY, noun. The features themselves (the terrain)
TOPOGRAPHY, noun. The surveying of the features

Dictionary definition

TOPOGRAPHY, noun. The configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features.
TOPOGRAPHY, noun. Precise detailed study of the surface features of a region.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats