topography

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A figurative landscape; a structure of interrelated ideas, etc.

   With good humor if predictably, the emotional topography of the faire facilitates a kind of liberation from both the closet and the cruelty of high school cliquedom.

2. 2
   noun

   the configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features

3. 3
   noun

   precise detailed study of the surface features of a region

4. 4
   noun

   A precise description of a place.

5. 5
   noun

   A detailed graphic representation of the surface features of a place or object.

6. 6
   noun

   The features themselves.

7. 7
   noun

   The surveying of the features.

Etymology

First attested in 1432. From Middle English topographye, from Latin topographia, from Ancient Greek τοπογραφία (topographía), from τόπος (tópos, “place”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to write”).