meteorology
noun /ˌmiːtiəˈrɒlədʒi/
/ˌmiːtiəˈrɑːlədʒi/
[uncountable]- the scientific study of the earth’s atmosphere and its changes, used especially in predicting what the weather will be likeTopics Scientific researchc1Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Greek meteōrologia, from meteōron ‘of the atmosphere’, neuter (used as a noun) of meteōros ‘lofty’.