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meteorology

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Main Entry:
me·te·o·rol·o·gy Listen to the pronunciation of meteorology
Pronunciation:
\ˌmē-tē-ə-ˈrä-lə-jē\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
French or Greek; French météorologie, from Middle French, from Greek meteōrologia, from meteōron + -logia -logy
Date:
1620
1 : a science that deals with the atmosphere and its phenomena and especially with weather and weather forecasting 2 : the atmospheric phenomena and weather of a region
— me·te·o·ro·log·ic Listen to the pronunciation of meteorologic \-rə-ˈlä-jik\ or me·te·o·ro·log·i·cal Listen to the pronunciation of meteorological \-ji-kəl\ adjective
— me·te·o·ro·log·i·cal·ly Listen to the pronunciation of meteorologically \-ji-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
— me·te·o·rol·o·gist Listen to the pronunciation of meteorologist \-ˈrä-lə-jist\ noun
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