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Webster 1913 Edition
Aerology
Aˊër-ol′o-gy
,Noun.
[
Aëro-
+ -logy
: cf. F. aérologie
.] That department of physics which treats of the atmosphere.
Webster 1828 Edition
Aerology
AEROL'OGY
, n [Gr. air, and description.]A description of the air; that branch of philosophy which treats of the air, its constituent parts, properties, and phenomena.
Definition 2024
aerology
aerology
English
Noun
aerology (usually uncountable, plural aerologies)
- The branch of meteorology involving the observation of the atmosphere by means of balloons, airplanes, etc.
- The study of the air and of the atmosphere. Used in the US Navy until early 1957. The same as meteorology; however, this usage tended to be more administrative than scientific.
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Translations
branch of meteorology
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