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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.
[edit] -graphies
[edit] writing-related
[edit] non-study -graphies
- Autobiography, the biography of a person written by that person
- Bibliography, a list of writings used or considered by an author in preparing a particular work
- Biography, an account of a person's life
- Cartography, the art and field of map making
- Choreography, the art of creating and arranging dances or ballets
- Cryptography, the art of disguising information
- Discography, a listing of sound recordings
- Filmography, a selective list of movie titles that share a similar characteristic such as the same genre, the same director, the same actor, etc.
- Floriography, the language of flowers
- Hydrography, the measurement and description of any waters
- Lithography, a method for printing on a smooth surface
- Photolithography, a method for micro fabrication in electronics manufacturing.
- Pornography, the art of arousing imagery
- Photography, the art, practice, or occupation of taking and printing photographs
- Tasseography, the art of reading tea leaves
- Typography, the art and techniques of type design
- Videography, the art and techniques of filming video
- Webography, a bibliography published on the Internet, or a similar listing of websites
- Xerography, a means of copying documents
[edit] study-related -graphies
- Cartography, the study and making of maps
- Crystallography
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Thermography, the study of the thermodynamics.
- Uranography, the study and mapping of stars and space objects
