Definitions

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  • noun A monument erected in a high place, such as a hilltop, indicating the direction and distance of notable landscape features which can be seen with the naked eye from that point.

Etymologies

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topo- + -graph

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Examples

  • The Amplitur extended two of the four digits on the end of its right tentacle and impacted the drifting topograph.

    The False Mirror Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1992

  • The Amplitur extended two of the four digits on the end of its right tentacle and impacted the drifting topograph.

    The False Mirror Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1992

  • For the compensation of one topograph, at $1,250 per annum, ... ..

    Additional estimates for the support of the government, Confederate States of America. Dept. of the Treasury 1864

  • For impact, few vistas along the Edge can beat the one from Selsley Common, southwest of Stroud: a topograph next to the tumulus picks out features as far away as the Sugar Loaf and Hay Bluff.

    Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • Prague, 1864-78); Seifert, Die Leitmeritzer Diöcese nach ihren geschichtl., kirchl.u. topograph.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

  • Walkers will still get enormous pleasure from viewing the vista, whether or not they take the trouble to identify every single indicator on the topograph. "

    Shropshire Star 2009

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