Cos-mŏg'ra-phy, n.

[Gr. κοσμογραφία, from κόσμος, the world, and γράφειν, to write; Fr. cosmographie.] A description of the world or universe; or the science which teaches the constitution of the whole system of worlds, or the figure, disposition, and relation of all its parts, and the manner of representing them on a plane.