car·tog·ra·phy

(kär-tŏg′rə-fē)

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 -graphiā; see -graphy).]

car·tog′ra·pher n.

car′to·graph′ic (kär′tə-grăf′ĭk), car′to·graph′i·cal adj.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

cartography

(kɑːˈtɒɡrəfɪ) or

chartography

(Physical Geography) the art, technique, or practice of compiling or drawing maps or charts

[C19: from French cartographie, from carte map, chart]

carˈtographer, charˈtographer n

cartographic, ˌcartoˈgraphical, ˌchartoˈgraphic, ˌchartoˈgraphical adj

ˌcartoˈgraphically, ˌchartoˈgraphically adv

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car•tog•ra•phy

(kɑrˈtɒg rə fi)

n.

the production of maps, including construction of projections, design, compilation, drafting, and reproduction.

[1855–60; < Latin c(h)art(a) paper, page (see chart, card¹) + -o- + -graphy]

car•tog′ra•pher, n.

car`to•graph′ic (-təˈgræf ɪk) car`to•graph′i•cal, adj.

cartography

the production of maps, including construction of projections, design, compilation, drafting, and reproduction. Also chartography, chartology. — cartographer, n. — cartographic, adj.

cartography

1. The art or practice of drawing maps of regions.

2. The making of maps.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

cartography - the making of maps and charts

mapmaking

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"

Translations

فَنُّ رَسْمِ الخَرائِط

kartografie

kartografi

kartografia

térképészet

kortagerî

cartografia

kartografaskartografijakartografinis

kartogrāfija

kartografi karttegning

kartografia

haritacılıkkartografi

制图学

cartography

[kɑːˈtɒgrəfɪ] N → cartografía f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cartography

[kɑː^rˈtɒgrəfi] n → cartographie f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cartography

n → Kartografie f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cartography

[kɑːˈtɒgrəfɪ] n → cartografia

cartography

(kaːˈtogrəfi) noun

map-making.

carˈtographer noun

ˌcartoˈgraphic (-ˈgrӕ-) adjective

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