Synonyms for topographical


Grammar : Adj
Spell : tuh-pog-ruh-fee
Phonetic Transcription : təˈpɒg rə fi


Définition of topographical

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Late Latin topographia, from Greek topographia "a description of a place," from topographos "describing a place" (as a noun, "one who is skilled in topography"), from topos "place" (see topos) + graphein "to write" (see -graphy).
  • As in geographical : adj terrestrial
Example sentences :
  • For topographical reasons it is very likely that the city of Megiddo was at Lejjoon.
  • Extract from : « Byeways in Palestine » by James Finn
  • Aside from these things, the topographical difficulties were immense.
  • Extract from : « South American Fights and Fighters » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
  • The topographical situation was as Ling Chu had described it.
  • Extract from : « The Daffodil Mystery » by Edgar Wallace
  • It is in their topographical surroundings only that they differ.
  • Extract from : « On the Heels of De Wet » by The Intelligence Officer
  • It is naturally in principle a work of topographical and architectural purpose.
  • Extract from : « Hilaire Belloc » by C. Creighton Mandell
  • (f) The topographical features which later are to be represented in sand.
  • Extract from : « The Tree-Dwellers » by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp
  • But we need not follow Bettesworth into these topographical details.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of a Surrey Labourer » by George Sturt (AKA George Bourne)
  • As with the topographical aspect, so with the inhabitants themselves.
  • Extract from : « Rambles in Normandy » by Francis Miltoun
  • Where this topographical feature is wanting, I hold it to be fatal.
  • Extract from : « On Some Ancient Battle-Fields in Lancashire » by Charles Hardwick
  • But what I am concerned with is not the tenure but the topographical origin of the wards.
  • Extract from : « London Before the Conquest » by W. R. Lethaby

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