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tidology rare.|taɪˈdɒlədʒɪ| [irreg. f. tide n. + -ology.] The study or science that treats of the tides. Hence tidoˈlogical a., of or pertaining to tidology.
1834Whewell in Todhunter Acc. Writ. (1876) II. 194 Do not omit to mention what the Liverpool people..have done for Tidology. 1840― Philos. Induct. Sci. (1847) II. 509, I have ventured to employ the term Tidology, having been much engaged in tidological researches. 1843Mill Logic vi. iii. §1 No one doubts that Tidology (as Dr. Whewell proposes to call it) is really a science. |