meteorology
me·teor·ology BrE [ˌmiːtiəˈrɒlədʒi] NAmE [ˌmiːtiəˈrɑːlədʒi] noun uncountable
the scientific study of the earth's atmosphere and its changes, used especially in forecasting the weather (= saying what it will be like)
Derived Word: ↑meteorological
Word Origin:
[meteorological meteorology] early 17th cent.: from Greek meteōrologia, from meteōron ‘of the atmosphere’, neuter (used as a noun) of meteōros ‘lofty’.
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