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HYPSOGRAPHY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Measurement of the elevation of land above sea level
Synonyms:
hypsography; hypsometry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("hypsography" is a kind of...):
measure; measurement; measuring; mensuration (the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule)
Sense 2
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)
