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Hypsography Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ography

Hypsography has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

measurement of the elevation of land above sea level

3

The data present in contour lines; measurement of altitude or depth versus area.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
geology measurement
Rhyming Words
sophy hyphy dunphy trophy brophy furphy graphy ralphy prophy oomphy morphy osophy adelphy atrophy rrhaphy ecosophy mcmurphy geosophy algraphy eutrophy
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