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geognosy|dʒiːˈɒgnəsɪ|
[ad. F. géognosie, f. Gr. γεω- geo- + γνῶσις knowledge.]
1. A knowledge of the structure of the earth, its strata, their relative position and the probable condition of the interior. Often used as nearly equivalent to geology.
1791J. Hailstone Plan Lect. Min. Pref., Geognosy, or the knowledge of the Earth's internal structure. 1804Edin. Rev. V. 66 We shall venture..to inform them, that..Geognosie is synonymous with geology. 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. (1858) 1 Of Geology and Geognosy we know enough. 1870Lowell Study Wind. 123 Voltaire, Diderot, Mirabeau and others, who had hitherto been measured by the usual British standard of their respect for the geognosy of Moses. 1882Geikie Text-Bk. Geol. 4 Geognosy.
2. In a more restricted sense:
a. (See quot. 1830).
b. Local geology; the geology of a certain district.
1811Edin. Rev. XVIII. 93 The Geognosy of this celebrated mineralogist [Werner]. 1822Proc. Werner. Soc. IV. 91 Geognosy of Germany. 1830Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 55 Werner..directed his attention..to what he termed ‘geognosy’, or the natural position of minerals in particular rocks, together with the grouping of those rocks, their geographical distribution, and various relations. 1839R. J. H. Cunningham (title), On the Geognosy of the Isle of Eigg. |