(cartography)

  • 1Cartography —    Cartography was stimulated by the need to visualize the newly discovered parts of the world in a graphic form. European expansion, especially by sea, strategic military aims, and even administrative and judicial needs encouraged the… …

    Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands

  • 2Cartography — Car*tog ra*phy, n. [Cf. F. cartographie. See {Card}, and { graphy}.] The art or business of forming charts or maps. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3cartography — 1843, from Fr. cartographie, from M.L. carta (see CARD (Cf. card) (n.)) + Fr. graphie, from Gk. graphein to write, to draw (see GRAPHY (Cf. graphy)) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4cartography — ► NOUN ▪ the science or practice of drawing maps. DERIVATIVES cartographer noun cartographic adjective. ORIGIN from French carte card, map …

    English terms dictionary

  • 5cartography — [kär täg′rə fē] n. [< ML carta (see CARD1) + GRAPHY] the art or work of making maps or charts cartographic [kärt΄ə graf′ik] adj. cartographical …

    English World dictionary

  • 6Cartography — Cartographer redirects here. For the album by E.S. Posthumus, see Cartographer (album). A nautical chart of the Mediterranean Sea from the second quarter of the 14th century. It is the oldest original cartographic artifact in the Library of… …

    Wikipedia

  • 7cartography — cartograph /kahr teuh graf , grahf /, n. cartographer, n. cartographic /kahr teuh graf ik/, cartographical, adj. cartographically, adv. /kahr tog reuh fee/, n. the production of maps, including construction of projections, design, compilation,… …

    Universalium

  • 8cartography — [[t]kɑː(r)tɒ̱grəfi[/t]] N UNCOUNT Cartography is the art or activity of drawing maps and geographical charts …

    English dictionary

  • 9cartography — kartografija statusas Aprobuotas sritis kartografija apibrėžtis Mokslo ir gamybinės veiklos sritis, apimanti erdvinių gamtinių, antropogeninių ir socialinių objektų bei reiškinių grafinį modeliavimą ir kartografinių kūrinių sudarymą. atitikmenys …

    Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • 10cartography and cartographer —    Cartography is the making of maps, and a cartographer is a person who makes maps. In ancient times, maps were often decorated with fanciful beasts and monsters instead of accurate details about places. French mapmakers of the 1700s and 1800s… …

    Glossary of Art Terms