cosmography

/koz-mog-ruh-fee/US // kɒzˈmɒg rə fi //UK // (kɒzˈmɒɡrəfɪ) //

宇宙学,宇宙观,宇宙学说,宇宙论

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural cos·mog·ra·phies.
- : a science that describes and maps the main features of the heavens and the earth, including astronomy, geography, and geology.
- : a description or representation of the main features of the universe.

The Professor of Astronomy was to teach astronomy, optics, navigation, and cosmography.
Biography has, too, its place in this playing-card cosmography, though it has not many examples.
His cosmography, like all of them, began with the creation and came down to the pontificate of Martin V who was then Pope.
The same has been affirmed also by persons versed in learning and skilled in the science of cosmography.
The history of cosmography is compounded of natural history, civil history, and mathematics.