a. (sb.) [ad. Gr. τοπογραφικ-ός studious of topography, f. stem of τοπογραφ-ία TOPOGRAPHY: see -IC. Cf. F. topographique (16th c. in Godef., Compl.).] Of or pertaining to topography; = TOPOGRAPHICAL 1.
1632. E. Robertson, in Lithgow, Trav., B iv. Townes Topographick view, and Riuers courses.
1638. Sir T. Herbert, Trav. (ed. 2), 1. If I have made no Topographic mistakes.
1730–6. Bailey (folio), Topographic, topographick, pertaining to the art of topography.
1803. W. Taylor, in Ann. Rev., I. 437. Some displays of topographic knowledge.
1883. Daily News, 1 Sept., 5/3. A lieutenant employed in the topographic service … perished by the eruption of the 27th inst.
1898. Jrnl. Sch. Geog. (U.S.), Oct., 289. The lines followed by pioneer settlement … are greatly influenced by topographic configuration.
b. = TOPOGRAPHICAL 2.
1899. Syd. Soc. Lex., Topographic anatomy, descriptive anatomy; or, used in the restricted sense, surface anatomy.
B. sb. pl. Topographics, the science of topography. rare.
1831. Carlyle, Sart. Res., II. viii. Statistics, Geographics, Topographics came … almost of their own accord.
