meteorology

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The scientific study of the atmosphere, especially the weather and forecasting it.

   She studied meteorology at university and now reports the weather on television.

2. 2
   noun

   The weather conditions of a particular place or time.

   The expedition was delayed by the harsh meteorology of the mountain region.

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.

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