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cosmography

cos·mog·ra·phy [ koz móggrəfee ] (plural cos·mog·ra·phies)


noun 
Definition:
 
study of universe or world: the study and description or mapping of the entire world or of the universe

[14th century. Via late Latin< Greek kosmographia< kosmos "universe"]

cos·mog·ra·pher noun
cos·mo·graph·ic [ kòzmə gráffik ] adjective
cos·mo·graph·i·cal adjective
cos·mo·graph·i·cal·ly adverb
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