meteorology
The science that deals with the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena, especially…The science that deals with the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena, especially with weather and weather forecasting.
» Politicians often accuse each other of hypocrisy, which is like weatherpeople accusing each other of meteorology.
Politiker werfen sich oft gegenseitig Heuchelei vor, was so ist, als wenn sich Leute vom Wetterbericht gegenseitig der Meteorologie beschuldigten.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable, usually)The science that deals with the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena, especially with weather and weather forecasting.
study of meteorology
department of meteorology
Meteorologie, Wetterkunde, Witterungslehre
метеороло́гияmeteorológija
метеорологіяmeteorolohija
the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather)
(uncountable, usually)The atmospheric phenomena in a specific region or period.
meteorology report
Examples
4 sentencesPoliticians often accuse each other of hypocrisy, which is like weatherpeople accusing each other of meteorology.
dePolitiker werfen sich oft gegenseitig Heuchelei vor, was so ist, als wenn sich Leute vom Wetterbericht gegenseitig der Meteorologie beschuldigten.
Meteorology has always fascinated me.
My girlfriend knows a lot about meteorology, as her mother was a meteorologist for the Marines.
The Indonesia Meteorology and Geophysics Agency issued a tsunami warning following the quake, but lifted it two hours later.
Translations
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Origin
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μετεωρολογία (meteōrología), from μετέωρα (metéōra, “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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Forms
plural: meteorologies| Singular | meteorology |
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uncountable
Synonyms
3 synonyms- predicting what the weather will be:weather forecasting
Word family
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