meteorology
me·teo·ro·logy
noun
predicting what the weather will be
the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather)
Origin
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.
Phrases
- aeronautical meteorology
- agricultural meteorology
- applied meteorology
- dynamic meteorology
- physical meteorology
- radar meteorology
- radio meteorology
- synoptic meteorology
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