HYPSOGRAPHY

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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)

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)