Meteorology
//ˌmiːti.əˈɹɑləd͡ʒi// noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The science that deals with the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena, especially with weather and weather forecasting. countable, uncountable
"study of meteorology"
- 2 the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather) wordnet
- 3 The atmospheric phenomena in a specific region or period. countable, uncountable
"meteorology report"
- 4 predicting what the weather will be wordnet
Example
More examples"Satellites provide information that has a significant impact on fields such as meteorology and climate science, as well as agriculture, thus improving crop yields and extending our scientific knowledge of the earth."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μετεωρολογία (meteōrología), from μετέωρα (metéōra, “celestial phenomena”), nominalized from the neuter plural of μετέωρος (metéōros, “high in the sky”), + -λογία (-logía, “study of”). By surface analysis, meteor (“atmospheric phenomenon”) + -ology (“study of”). First attested in 1563.
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