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Wiktionary

  1. ichnographynoun

    The ground plan of a building

  2. ichnographynoun

    the art of constructing ground plans

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Ichnographynoun

    The groundplot.

    Etymology: ἰχνος and γϱάφω.

    It will be more intelligible to have a draught of each front in a paper by itself, and also to have a draught of the groundplot or ichnography of every story in a paper by itself. Joseph Moxon.

Wikipedia

  1. ichnography

    In architecture and building engineering, a floor plan is a technical drawing to scale, showing a view from above, of the relationships between rooms, spaces, traffic patterns, and other physical features at one level of a structure. Dimensions are usually drawn between the walls to specify room sizes and wall lengths. Floor plans may also include details of fixtures like sinks, water heaters, furnaces, etc. Floor plans may include notes for construction to specify finishes, construction methods, or symbols for electrical items. It is also called a plan which is a measured plane typically projected at the floor height of 4 ft (1.2 m), as opposed to an elevation which is a measured plane projected from the side of a building, along its height, or a section or cross section where a building is cut along an axis to reveal the interior structure.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ichnographynoun

    a horizontal section of a building or other object, showing its true dimensions according to a geometric scale; a ground plan; a map; also, the art of making such plans

  2. Etymology: [Gr. ; 'i`chnos track, footstep + to describe: cf. F. ichonographie.]

Wikidata

  1. Ichnography

    Ichnography, pronounced ik-nog-rəfi, in architecture, is a term defined by Vitruvius as the ground plan of the work, i.e. the geometrical projection or horizontal section representing the plan of any building, taken at such a level as to show the outer walls, with the doorways, windows, fireplaces, etc., and the correct thickness of the walls; the position of piers, columns or pilasters, courtyards and other features which constitute the design, as to scale. Ground plans can help in creating sufficient floor space, especially for larger designs where appropriate planning is needed such as with Depot and shops, however modern architectural large-scale designs are usually done by means of computer with certain dedicated software. Ichnography today can crudely be used for small-scale plans such as Garden and Bedroom layouts,sometimes with 3D sketches. They may be used by children and other 'non-professionals' as a way to help express their imagination of design or as a form of geometrical play.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Ichnography

    ik-nog′raf-i, n. a tracing out: (archit.) a ground-plan of a work or building.—adjs. Ichnograph′ic, -al.—adv. Ichnograph′ically. [Gr. ichnographiaichnos, a track, graphein, to grave.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. ichnography

    A ground plot or plan of a fortification, showing the details of the construction as if cut horizontally through.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. ichnography

    The plan or representation of the length and breadth of a fortification, the distinct parts of which are marked out either on the ground itself, or on paper. A plan upon the correct principles of ichnography represents a work as it would appear if it were leveled to its foundations, and shows only the expanse of ground on which it had been erected. The science does not represent either the elevation or the different parts belonging to a fortification. This properly comes under the title “profile,” which does not, however, include length.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ichnography in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ichnography in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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