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Aerology

Aerology \A`["e]r*ol"o*gy\, n. [A["e]ro- + -logy: cf. F. a['e]rologie.] That department of physics which treats of the atmosphere.

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aerology

n. 1 The branch of meteorology involving the observation of the atmosphere by means of balloons, airplanes, etc. 2 The study of the air and of the atmosphere. Used in the US Navy until early 1957. The same as meteorology; however, this usage tended to be more administrative than scientific.

WordNet
aerology

n. meteorology of the total extent of the atmosphere; especially the upper layers

Usage examples of "aerology".

Their seventeen-year-old son BENJ is also at the station, serving an apprenticeship in the aerology laboratory.

He had been released temporarily from duty in the aerology lab but McDevitt, who was a tactful and sympathetic person and had been aware of the friendship developing between the boy and Beetchermarlf.

Nine hours later he had returned to his regular duties in the aerology laboratory.

This was later on, in the aerology lab, when they were recounting to him and McDevitt all that had been said.

In CIC, aerology, the coding room, men listened tensely to the crackling, buzzing speakers that would tell the story of the battle before it broke overhead.

CIC, ready rooms, wardrooms, chiefs quarters, berth- ing spaces, in aerology, the radio shack, on the hangar deck, all through the ship the men waited.