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English language suffix
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The English
suffix -graphy means a "field of study" or related to "writing" a book, and is an anglicization of the French -graphie inherited from the Latin -graphia , which is a transliterated direct borrowing from Greek.
Arts
Writing
Types of works
Fields of study
Areography – geography of Mars (studies the physical features of the planet)
Cartography – study and making of maps
Cosmography – study and making of maps of the universe or cosmos
Cryptography – study of securing information
Crystallography – study of crystals
Demography – study of the characteristics of human populations, such as size, growth, density, distribution, and vital statistics
Encephalography – recording of voltages from the brain
Ethnography – study of cultures
Floriography – language of flowers
Geography – study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of the
Earth .
Physiography – study of the processes and patterns in the Earth's environment.
Anthropogeography – study of human society's interactions and relationships with the environment.
Hagiography – study of saints
Historiography – study of the methods of historians
Holography – study and mapping of computer project imaged called Holograms for interactive and assisted computations.
Hydrography – measurement and description of any waters
Oceanography – exploration and scientific study of the ocean and its phenomena
Orography – science and study of mountains
Radiography – use of X-rays to produce medical images
Reprography – reproduction of graphics through mechanical or electrical means
Selenography – study and mapping of the physical features of the Moon
Topography – study of Earth's surface shape and features or those of planets, moons and asteroids
Uranography – study and mapping of stars and space objects
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