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meteorology
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Not to be confused with Metrology . For other uses of the root word "meteor", see Meteor (disambiguation) . For the work by Aristotle, see Meteorology (Aristotle) . Meteorology is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere . The study of meteorology ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Meteorology \Me`te*or*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? + lo`gos discourse: cf. F. m['e]t['e]orologie. See Meteor .] The science which treats of the atmosphere and its phenomena, particularly of its variations of heat and moisture, of its winds, storms, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The science that deals with the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena, especially with weather and weather forecasting. 2 The atmospheric phenomena in a specific region or period.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"science of the atmosphere, weather forecasting," 1610s, from French météorologie and directly from Greek meteorologia "treatise on celestial phenomena, discussion of high things," from meteoron , literally "thing high up" (see meteor ), + -logia "treatment ...
Usage examples of meteorology.
The meteorology of a whole world, even under steady-state conditions, was a matter of enormous complexity.
Cappy looked up from her meteorology textbook and glanced at the tablet in front of Mary Lynn.
Cappy was bent over the essay-type meteorology quiz, the tension throbbing in her temples.
She stared at him, indifferent to the meteorology instructor, who joined him by the door to converse in whispers.
JANET DAILEY Her intense dislike for the requisite military discipline resurfaced as Cappy picked up her pencil and attempted to concentrate on the meteorology test, but she was conscious of all that went on at the classroom doorway.
Dalton did research in meteorology, physics, and chemistry, placing special emphasis on experiments concerning gases, the atmosphere, and quantities of water vapor in the air.
His popularity might have been because he taught in an informal manner, often relating anecdotes and digressing into such topics as astronomy, meteorology, geology, biology, and agronomy, even balloon navigation and the use of artillery.
I got a touch of amnesia, or did we indeed never have a meteorology course on our sciences track?
I have orders to report in to a Lieutenant Ahn, the base Meteorology Officer.
In simple physical systems the rules of scaling are understood, but even in complex inorganic situations like meteorology or aerodynamics, simple by the standard of biology, extrapolations are not easy.
My own attention, so perfunctory at first that I scarcely realised that this was the vocabulary no longer of geology but of meteorology, was completely held in the end.
But meteorology, which must have been a mere hobby with Basil some years ago, was now plainly in another category.
Auden put it in his letter to Isherwood, at the heart of a city block the whole of which subsequently passed into the hands of New York University, was razed, and now forms the site of the massive Levine School of Applied Meteorology.
It's just that, well, there's a climatological anomaly that nobody has a decent explanation for and it's driving the meteorology staff crazy.
Now why did that come to mind, Killashandra wondered as she stepped out of the lift at Meteorology.