TOPOGRAPHIC POINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does topographic point mean? 

• TOPOGRAPHIC POINT (noun)
  The noun TOPOGRAPHIC POINT has 1 sense:

1. a point located with respect to surface features of some region

  Familiarity information: TOPOGRAPHIC POINT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOPOGRAPHIC POINT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A point located with respect to surface features of some region

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

place; spot; topographic point

Context example:

a bright spot on a planet

Hypernyms ("topographic point" is a kind of...):

point (the precise location of something; a spatially limited location)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "topographic point"):

overlook (a high place affording a good view)

zone (a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features)

pool; puddle (something resembling a pool of liquid)

target; target area (the location of the target that is to be hit)

stop (a spot where something halts or pauses)

solitude (a solitary place)

showplace (a place that is frequently exhibited and visited for its historical interest or natural beauty)

service area (place on a highway providing garage services and eating and toilet facilities)

scour (a place that is scoured (especially by running water))

rendezvous (a place where people meet)

crest; crown; peak; summit; tip; top (the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill))

grave; tomb (a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone))

nesting place (a place suitable for nesting)

mecca (a place that attracts many visitors)

holy; holy place; sanctum (a sacred place of pilgrimage)

hole-in-the-wall (a small unpretentious out-of-the-way place)

heights; high (a high place)

hiding place (a place suitable for hiding something (such as yourself))

end (one of two places from which people are communicating to each other)

polling place; polling station (a place where voters go to cast their votes in an election)

birthplace; place of birth (the place where someone was born)

junction (the place where two or more things come together)