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meteorology

[ mee-tee-uh-rol-uh-jee ]

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noun

the science dealing with the atmosphere and its phenomena, including weather and climate.
the atmospheric conditions and weather of an area.

meteorology

/ ˌmiːtɪəˈrɒlədʒɪ; ˌmiːtɪərəˈlɒdʒɪkəl /

the study of the earth's atmosphere, esp of weather-forming processes and weather forecasting

meteorology

/ mē′tē-ə-rŏl′ə-jē /

The scientific study of the atmosphere and of atmospheric conditions, especially as they relate to weather and weather forecasting.

meteorology

First recorded in 1610–20; from Greek meteōrología “discussion of celestial phenomena”; meteor, -o-, -logy

C17: from Greek meteorolōgia, from meteōron something aloft + -logia -logy . See meteor

Neubauer was stationed at Keesler for weather training, a military field that is the rough equivalent of meteorology.

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Sally was denouncing meteorology as imposture when the returning bather produced the effect recorded.

He had developed what I regarded as an innocent intellectual recreation which he called stock-market meteorology.

For astronomy in those days seems to have ranked as a minor science, like mineralogy or meteorology now.

But take some other science still barely developed: meteorology, for instance.

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