HYPSOGRAPHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypsography mean? 

• HYPSOGRAPHY (noun)
  The noun HYPSOGRAPHY has 2 senses:

1. the scientific study of the earth's configuration above sea level (emphasizing the measurement of land altitudes relative to sea level)

2. measurement of the elevation of land above sea level

  Familiarity information: HYPSOGRAPHY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPSOGRAPHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The scientific study of the earth's configuration above sea level (emphasizing the measurement of land altitudes relative to sea level)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("hypsography" is a kind of...):

geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Measurement of the elevation of land above sea level

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

hypsography; hypsometry

Hypernyms ("hypsography" is a kind of...):

measure; measurement; measuring; mensuration (the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule)