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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
earth science
noun
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▪ Like Duba, these researchers drifted into earth science from fields like engineering, mathematics or computer science.
▪ Lured by the excitement of plate tectonics, some felt that earth science would be a practical way to apply their knowledge.
▪ We believe these results signify the beginning of a revolution in earth science.
▪ Within earth science literature, the most important obsolescence study to date is that by Kohut.
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earth science

n. Any of the sciences dealing with the planet Earth, such as geology and meteorology.

WordNet
earth science

n. any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts

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Earth science

Earth science or geoscience is an all-encompassing term that refers to the fields of science dealing with Planet Earth. It can be considered to be a branch of planetary science, but with a much older history. There are both reductionist and holistic approaches to Earth sciences. The formal discipline of Earth sciences may include the study of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere. Typically, Earth scientists will use tools from physics, chemistry, biology, chronology, and mathematics to build a quantitative understanding of how the Earth system works and evolves.

Usage examples of "earth science".

It put on teaching clothes and walked over to Coleridge's office at the School of Ocean Earth Science Technology.

In the ancient science, the Earth science that I've been exploring through the Index: it's not some internal mechanism of the human body.

It is more accurate as a description of your current Earth science, which is so convoluted that it is incapable of releasing any light.

They were squat duralloy pillars, packed with most every type of sensing and recording equipment known to Earth science.

Although so advanced that it would be incomprehensible to Earth science, it was just a machine.