-graphy is an English suffix. Words that include the suffix usually are about a work, an art, or a field of study.
[edit] Etymology of -graphy
The English suffix -graphy means either "writing" or a "field of study", and is an anglicization of the French -graphie inherited from the Latin -graphia, which is a transliterated direct borrowing from Greek.
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- Cartography - the study and making of maps
- Crystallography - the study of crystals
- Demography - the study of the characteristics of human populations, such as size, growth, density, distribution, and vital statistics
- Encephalography - the recording of voltages from the brain
- Floriography - the language of flowers
- Geography - the study of spatial relationships on the Earth's surface
- Hagiography - the study of saints
- Holography - the study and mapping of computer project imaged called Holograms for interactive and assisted computations.
- Historiography - the study of the study of history
- Hydrography - the measurement and description of any waters
- Oceanography - the exploration and scientific study of the ocean and its phenomena
- Orography - the science and study of mountains
- Reprography - the reproduction of graphics through mechanical or electrical means
- Selenography - the study and mapping of the physical features of the Moon
- Uranography - the study and mapping of stars and space objects
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