topography UK /təˈpɒɡɹəfi/US /təˈpɑɡɹəfi/ noun5 •The features themselves. •A figurative landscape; a structure of interrelated ideas, etc.With good humor if predictably, the emotional topography of the faire facilitates a kind of liberation from both the closet and the cruelty of high school cliquedom. — 2014 •A precise description of a place. •A detailed graphic representation of the surface features of a place or object. •The surveying of the features. formstopographies