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OROGRAPHY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does orography mean?
• OROGRAPHY (noun)
The noun OROGRAPHY has 1 sense:
1. the science of mountains
Familiarity information: OROGRAPHY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The science of mountains
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
orography; orology
Hypernyms ("orography" is a kind of...):
geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)
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