| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A horizontal section of a building or other object, showing its true dimensions according to a geometric scale; a ground plan; a map; also, the art of making such plans.[Websters]. | |
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Date "ICHNOGRAPHY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1753. (references) |
| Etymology:Ichnography \Ich*nog"ra*phy\, noun. [expression of Greek origin; track, footstep to describe: compare to the French expression ichonographie.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ICHNOGRAPHY
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| Noah Webster | [Noun] In perspective, the view of any thing cut off by a plane parallel to the horizon, just at the base of it, a ground-plot.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wikipedic | Ichnography (Gr. f~vos, a trace, and ypa~, description), in architecture, a term defined by Vitruvius (i.2) as the ground-plan of the work, i.e. the geometrical projection or horizontal section representing the plan of any building, taken at such a level as to show the outer walls, with the doorways, windows, fireplaces, etc., and the correct thickness of the walls; the position of piers, columns or pilasters, courtyards and other features which constitute the design. (references) | ||
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