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{ a. }[ Cf. F. topographique. ] Of or pertaining to topography; descriptive of a place. -- Top`o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Topographical map. See under Cadastral. -- Topographical surveying. See under Surveying. [1913 Webster]

n. A topographer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. topographie, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; a place + &unr_; to write. ] The description of a particular place, town, manor, parish, or tract of land; especially, the exact and scientific delineation and description in minute detail of any place or region. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Topography, as the description of particular places, is distinguished from chorography, the description of a region or a district, and for geography, the description of the earth or of countries. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a mathematician specializing in topology. “A topologist is someone who doesn't know the difference between a donut and a coffee cup.” [ ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; place + -logy. ] The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a branch of mathematics which studies the properties of geometrical forms which retain their identity under certain transformations, such as stretching or twisting, which are homeomorphic. See also topologist. [ PJC ]

3. configuration, especially in three dimensions; -- used, e. g. of the configurations taken by macromolecules, such as superhelical DNA. [ PJC ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; place + &unr_; to distribute. ] The designation of position and direction. B. G. Wilder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A name of a place. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. a name, as in the binomial name of a plant, based on, or derived from, a place name, or based on the location of the thing named. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A system of toponyms; the use of toponyms. -- To*pon"y*mal Top`o*nym"ic Top`o*nym"ic*al a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]