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hypsography

DEFINITIONS OF: hypsography

1

n the scientific study of the earth's configuration above sea level (emphasizing the measurement of land altitudes relative to sea level)

Type of:
geology
a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks

n measurement of the elevation of land above sea level

Synonyms:
hypsometry
Type of:
measure, measurement, measuring, mensuration
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
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