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meteorology|ˌmiːtɪəˈrɒlədʒɪ|
[ad. Gr. µετεωρολογία, f. µετεωρο- meteor + -λογία -logy. Cf. F. météorologie.]
1. The study of, or the science that treats of, the motions and phenomena of the atmosphere, esp. with a view to forecasting the weather.
1620T. Granger Div. Logike 301 In the first Booke hee prosecuteth more common, and generall things; as, Astrologie, Meteorology. 1650Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. x. (1658) 161 In sundry Animals we deny not a kind of natural Meteorology, or innate presention both of wind and weather. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 466 Zoology [is] the knowledge of animals;..meteorology and mineralogy, that of vapours and fossils. 1816T. L. Peacock Headlong Hall i, The various knotty points of meteorology, which usually form the exordium of an English conversation. 1862Sir H. Holland Ess., Atlantic Ocean 208 Meteorology cannot yet take its place among the exact sciences.
2. The character, as regards weather, atmospheric changes, etc., of a particular region.
1684T. Burnet Th. Earth ii. v. 224, I easily discover'd, that..the Meteorology of that World was of another sort from that of the present. a1850J. A. Mason (title) A Treatise on the Climate and Meteorology of Madeira. 1879A. R. Wallace Australasia ii. 31 The hot winds, which are another remarkable feature of the meteorology of Australia, occur in [etc.]. |