aerocartograph

noun

aero·​car·​to·​graph

¦er-ō-¦kär-tə-ˌgraf

: an apparatus for making contour maps from aerial photographs

Word History

Etymology

aero- + cartograph

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined above

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