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car·tog·ra·phy  (kär-tgr-f)
n.
The art or technique of making maps or charts.

[French cartographie : carte, map (from Old French, from Latin charta, carta, paper made from papyrus; see card1) + -graphie, writing (from Greek graphi; see -graphy).]

car·togra·pher n.
carto·graphic (kärt-grfk), carto·graphi·cal adj.

cartography
Noun
the art of making maps or charts [French carte map, chart]
cartographer n
cartographic adj

cartography  (kär-tgr-f)
The art or technique of making maps or charts.

cartography
the production of maps, including construction of projections, design, compilation, drafting, and reproduction. Also chartography, chartology. — cartographer, n. — cartographic, adj.
See also: Maps
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cartographycartography - the making of maps and charts        
devising, fashioning, making - the act that results in something coming to be; "the devising of plans"; "the fashioning of pots and pans"; "the making of measurements"; "it was already in the making"
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cartography [kɑːˈtɔgrəfɪ] ncartographie f
cartography [kɑːˈtɔgrəfɪ] nKartografie f
cartography [kɑːˈtɔgrəfɪ] ncartografia

cartography
n cartography [kaːˈtogrəfi]
map-making. kartografieفَنُّ رَسْمِ الخَرائِطкартографияkartografiekartografidie Kartographieχαρτογραφίαcartografíakartograafiaنقشه نگاریkartanpiirustuscarto- graphieמִפּוּיनक्शानवीसीkartografijatérképészetpembuatan petakortagerðcartografia地図作成지도 제작(법)kartografijakartogrāfijakartograficartografiekarttegning, kartografikartografiacartografiacar­tografieкартографияkartografiakartografijakartografijakartografiการทำแผนที่haritacılık, kartografi制圖學картографіяنقشہ سازی ، نقشہ کشیthuật vẽ bản đồ
n carˈtographer
kartograafرسّامُ خَرائِط جُغْرافِيَّهкартографkartografkartografder Kartographχαρτογράφοςcartógrafokartograafنقشه نگارkartanpiirtäjäcartographeשַׂרטַט מַפּוֹתनक्शानवीसkartograftérképészpembuat petakortagerðarmaðurcartografo地図作成者지도 제작자kartografaskartogrāfspelukis petacartograafkarttegner, kartografkartografcartógrafocartografкартографkartograf, -kakartografkartografkartografคนทำแผนที่haritacı制圖員картографنقشہ کش ، نقشہ سازngười vẽ bản đồ
adj ˌcartoˈgraphic [-ˈgrӕ-]
kartografiesخَرائِطيкартографскиkartografickýkartografiskKarten-...χαρτογραφικόςcartográficokartograafilineوابسته به نقشه نگاریkartografinencartographiqueכַּרטוֹגרָפִיनक्शानवीसी संबंधीkartografskitérképészetikartografiskortagerðar-cartografico地図作成上の지도 제작(상)의kartografiniskartogrāfijas-lukisan petacartografischkartografiskkartograficznycartográficocartograficкартографическийkartografickýkartografskikartografskikartografiskที่เกี่ยวกับการทำแผนที่haritacılığa ait制圖的картографічнийنقشے کے لحاظ سے(thuộc) thuật vẽ bản đồ

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