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cosmography
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cos·mog·ra·phy  (kz-mgr-f)
n. pl. cos·mog·ra·phies
1. The study of the visible universe that includes geography and astronomy.
2. A general description or depiction of the world or universe: "a full-blown cosmography in which Earth is 'the garbage dump of the universe'" (Mark Muro).
cos·mogra·pher n.
cosmo·graphic (-m-grfk), cosmo·graphi·cal adj.
cosmo·graphi·cal·ly adv.
cosmography  (kz-mgr-f)
The study of the visible universe that includes the measurement and cataloging of its objects and structures.
cosmography
1. the branch of astronomy that maps and describes the main features of the universe.
2. a description or representation of the main features of the universe. — cosmographer, n. — cosmographic, cosmographical, adj.
See also: Cosmology
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Noun1.cosmography - the science that maps the general features of the universe; describes both heaven and earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy)
natural science - the sciences involved in the study of the physical world and its phenomena
2.cosmography - a representation of the earth or the heavens; "the cosmography of Ptolemy"
representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something


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The early cosmographical tradition seems to understand both the Throne and the Footstool being located in the farthest reaches of the cosmos and enveloped by light (Nur).
In the beginning: islamic perspectives on cosmological origins by Iqbal, Muzaffar / Islam & Science
Grynaeus's career exemplifies the passage of humanism from literary texts to the application of its critical exegesis to mathematical, cosmographical, physical, botanical, medical, and metallurgical texts: to be sure, humanism and science here coalesce.
Geography and Empire in the Late Renaissance. Botero's Assignment, ... by HEADLEY, JOHN M. / Renaissance Quarterly
Comparing it with contemporary examples, he felt that it, like the essentially coeval cosmographical room done for Cosimo de' Medici in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, showed a "secularized version of the medieval chain of being" (cf.
Caprarola's Sala della Cosmografia by Quinlan-McGrath, Mary / Renaissance Quarterly
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