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ge·ol·o·gy    Audio Help   [jee-ol-uh-jee] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -gies.
1.the science that deals with the dynamics and physical history of the earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the physical, chemical, and biological changes that the earth has undergone or is undergoing.
2.the study of this science.
3.the geologic features and processes occurring in a given region on the earth or on a celestial body: the geology of Mars; the geology of eastern Kentucky.

[Origin: 1680–90; geo- + -logy]
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ge·ol·o·gy    Audio Help   (jē-ŏl'ə-jē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. ge·ol·o·gies
  1. The scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of the earth.
  2. The structure of a specific region of the earth's crust.
  3. A book on geology.
  4. The scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of the solid matter of a celestial body.


[Medieval Latin geōlogia, study of earthly things : Greek geō-, geo- + Greek -logiā, -logy.]

ge'o·log'ic (jē'ə-lŏj'ĭk), ge'o·log'i·cal adj., ge'o·log'i·cal·ly adv., ge·ol'o·gist n.
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geology 
1735, Mod.L. geologia "the study of the earth," from ge "earth" + logia, from logos "speech, word, discourse." In M.L., geologia (14c.) meant "study of earthly things," i.e. law, as distinguished from arts and sciences, which concern the works of God.

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geology

noun
a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks 

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geology [dʒiˈolədʒi] noun
the science of the history and development of the Earth as shown by rocks etc
Example: He is studying geology.
Arabic: جيولوجيا، علم طبقات الأرض
Chinese (Simplified): 地质学
Chinese (Traditional): 地質學
Czech: geologie
Danish: geologi
Dutch: geologie
Estonian: geoloogia
Finnish: geologia
French: géologie
German: die Geologie
Greek: γεωλογία
Hungarian: geológia
Icelandic: jarðfræði
Indonesian: geologi
Italian: geologia
Japanese: 地質学
Korean: 지질학
Latvian: ģeolo-ģija
Lithuanian: geologija
Norwegian: geologi
Polish: geologia
Portuguese (Brazil): geologia
Portuguese (Portugal): geologia
Romanian: geo­logie
Russian: геология
Slovak: geológia
Slovenian: geologija
Spanish: geología
Swedish: geologi
Turkish: jeoloji, yerbilim
See also: geological

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geology    Audio Help   (jē-ŏl'ə-jē)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. The scientific study of the origin of the Earth along with its rocks, minerals, land forms, and life forms, and of the processes that have affected them over the course of the Earth's history.
  2. The structure of a specific region of the Earth, including its rocks, soils, mountains, fossils, and other features.

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
geology

The science devoted to the study of the Earth, particularly the solid Earth and the rocks that compose it.


[Chapter:] Earth Sciences


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Geology

A*ca"di*an\, a. Of or pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia. "Acadian farmers." --Longfellow. -- n. A native of Acadie.

Acadian epoch (Geol.), an epoch at the beginning of the American paleozoic time, and including the oldest American rocks known to be fossiliferous. See Geology.

Acadian owl (Zo["o]l.), a small North American owl (Nyctule Acadica); the saw-whet.
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