cartographic

English

WOTD – 24 September 2010

Etymology

From cartography +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑː.təʊˈɡɹæf.ɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑɹ.təˈɡɹæf.ɪk/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -æfɪk

Adjective

cartographic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the making of maps.
   • 1831, Norton Shaw et al., The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society:

     This is important to the ends of tangible geography, as well in the construction and arrangement of tables, as in every description of cartographic composition.

   • 1993, Harlow C Landphair, Terry Larsen, Evaluation and Development of Visualization Technology for Highway Transportation:

     However, both of these examples assume that no three dimensional data is available in the initial digital cartographic data or other data sets that precede the immediate operation.

Derived terms

• cartographically

Related terms

• cartographer
• cartography

Translations

of or pertaining to the making of maps

• Armenian: քարտեզագրական (hy) (kʻartezagrakan)
• Asturian: cartográficu
• Belarusian: картаграфі́чны (kartahrafíčny)
• Catalan: cartogràfic
• Czech: kartografický
• Danish: kartografisk
• Dutch: cartografisch (nl)
• Esperanto: kartografia
• Estonian: kartograafiline
• Finnish: kartografinen
• French: cartographique (fr)
• Galician: cartográfico (gl)
• German: kartographisch (de), kartografisch (de)
• Italian: cartografico
• Latvian: kartogrāfisks
• Norwegian: kartografisk
• Polish: kartograficzny (pl)
• Portuguese: cartográfico
• Russian: картографи́ческий (ru) (kartografíčeskij)
• Spanish: cartográfico (es)
• Swedish: kartografisk
• Ukrainian: картографі́чний (kartohrafíčnyj)