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Meteorology Common

Origin: Greek suffix -ology

Meteorology has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

predicting what the weather will be

"The new intern struggled to keep up during her first week because meteorology is far more complex than simply guessing if it will rain tomorrow."

2

the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather)

"She decided to major in meteorology because she wanted to understand how atmospheric pressure systems create sudden storms."

3

The science that deals with the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena, especially with weather and weather forecasting.

"After studying meteorology at university, she now works as a forecaster predicting storm paths for the local news station."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
prediction earth science
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
aerology climatology nephology
Rhyming Words
dogy fogy bogy logy pogy ology loogy elogy boogy alogy agogy dilogy oölogy oology eulogy perogy urology geology analogy trilogy
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