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词汇 cartography
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Definition of cartography in English:

cartography

noun kɑːˈtɒɡrəfikɑrˈtɑɡrəfi
mass noun
  • The science or practice of drawing maps.

    地图绘制学;地图绘制

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Critical cartographers urge a profound revision of traditional cartography as taught in academic Geography.
    • As well as mathematics, Ozanam was also interested in cartography and military engineering.
    • Bonnet also published on cartography, algebra, rational mechanics and mathematical physics.
    • Thus it was, in a round about way, that I became, latterly, the first woman Keeper of Public Records, while remaining a practising historian of the history of cartography.
    • Mercator had studied geography, cartography and mathematics at the University of Louvain in Belgium.
    • First, he knew very little about either geography, astronomy, or cartography.
    • Unlike most explorers, these two leaders had no Aboriginal guides to help them, no skill in geography, cartography, or living off the land.
    • These in turn led to advances in geography and cartography and the colonization of new lands.
    • Other disciplines have been brought to bear on the subject, including archaeology, cartography, and historical geography.
    • It is a remarkable scientific document which contains his work on mathematics, music, astronomy, calendars, cartography, geology, optics and medicine.
    • As a Dominican he continued to study philosophy and theology but he became increasingly interested in the study of mathematics, astronomy, and cartography.
    • Mercator made many new maps and globes, but his greatest contribution to cartography must be the Mercator projection.
    • As Harley points out, much of the scientific rhetoric of post-Enlightenment cartography was used to maintain systems of state and imperial domination.
    • So there is good reason to say that during the war, military geography and military cartography emerged as full-fledged sciences in their own right.
    • The history of mathematics had always interested Rey Pastor and late in his career his interests in historical topics extended to cartography.
    • The historian of cartography James Welu has shown all of these to be actual contemporary printed maps.
    • In the history of cartography the territory being mapped changed very little.
    • Regarding his importance for the history of cartography, he is compared to Ptolemy, the ancient scholar from Alexandria in Egypt.
    • Cosmographia provided a layman's introduction to such subjects as astronomy, geography, cartography, surveying, navigation and mathematical instruments.
    • In the historical development of cartography, when a new type or style of map appears on the scene, it is normally derived from earlier forms in some evolutionary process.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from French cartographie, from carte 'map, card' (see card1) + -graphie (see -graphy).

Rhymes

autobiography, bibliography, biography, cardiography, chirography, choreography, chromatography, cinematography, cosmography, cryptography, demography, discography, filmography, geography, hagiography, historiography, hydrography, iconography, lexicography, lithography, oceanography, orthography, palaeography (US paleography), photography, radiography, reprography, stenography, topography, typography

Definition of cartography in US English:

cartography

nounkärˈtäɡrəfēkɑrˈtɑɡrəfi
  • The science or practice of drawing maps.

    地图绘制学;地图绘制

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is a remarkable scientific document which contains his work on mathematics, music, astronomy, calendars, cartography, geology, optics and medicine.
    • Critical cartographers urge a profound revision of traditional cartography as taught in academic Geography.
    • First, he knew very little about either geography, astronomy, or cartography.
    • Mercator had studied geography, cartography and mathematics at the University of Louvain in Belgium.
    • Thus it was, in a round about way, that I became, latterly, the first woman Keeper of Public Records, while remaining a practising historian of the history of cartography.
    • The history of mathematics had always interested Rey Pastor and late in his career his interests in historical topics extended to cartography.
    • The historian of cartography James Welu has shown all of these to be actual contemporary printed maps.
    • In the historical development of cartography, when a new type or style of map appears on the scene, it is normally derived from earlier forms in some evolutionary process.
    • In the history of cartography the territory being mapped changed very little.
    • So there is good reason to say that during the war, military geography and military cartography emerged as full-fledged sciences in their own right.
    • Unlike most explorers, these two leaders had no Aboriginal guides to help them, no skill in geography, cartography, or living off the land.
    • Other disciplines have been brought to bear on the subject, including archaeology, cartography, and historical geography.
    • As Harley points out, much of the scientific rhetoric of post-Enlightenment cartography was used to maintain systems of state and imperial domination.
    • Cosmographia provided a layman's introduction to such subjects as astronomy, geography, cartography, surveying, navigation and mathematical instruments.
    • Mercator made many new maps and globes, but his greatest contribution to cartography must be the Mercator projection.
    • As a Dominican he continued to study philosophy and theology but he became increasingly interested in the study of mathematics, astronomy, and cartography.
    • Regarding his importance for the history of cartography, he is compared to Ptolemy, the ancient scholar from Alexandria in Egypt.
    • These in turn led to advances in geography and cartography and the colonization of new lands.
    • Bonnet also published on cartography, algebra, rational mechanics and mathematical physics.
    • As well as mathematics, Ozanam was also interested in cartography and military engineering.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from French cartographie, from carte ‘map, card’ (see card) + -graphie (see -graphy).

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