topographical surveying

[SURVEYING.] top-o-grăph-ic-al-ly, adv. [Eng. topograph ical; -ly.] In a topographical manner; after the manner of topography. to-pog-ra-phist, s. [Eng. topograph (y); -ist.] A topographer. "Captain Yate and a Ru ian topograph ist have proceeded to the Murghab Valley."-London Times. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. topography to-pog-ra-phy, *to-pog-ra-phie, s . [Fr. topo graphie the description of a place; Lat. topogra phi a, from Gr. topograph i a .] [TOPOGRAPHER.] The description of a particular place, city, town, district, manor, parish, tract of land; a detailed description of a country or region, including its cities, towns, villages, castles, and natural features. Topog raphy is thus more descriptive and more detailed than geography. "In our topographie we have at large set forth and described the site of the land of Ireland." - Holinshed. Conquest of Ireland. (Pref.) Military topography : The minute description of places with special reference to their adaptability to military purposes. *to-pol-a-try, s. [Gr. topos =a place, and latreia =service, worship.] Exce ive reverence for or worship of a place or places; adoration of a place or spot. *to-pology, s. [Gr. topos =a place, and logos =a word.] The art or method for a isting the memory by a ociating the objects to be remembered with some place, the parts of which are well known. to-pon-ô-mỹ, s. [Gr. topos =a place, and onoma =a name.] The place-names of a country or dis trict; a register of such names.