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cenology

cenology noun: the study of the overall organization and relationships within a system. Also the clipping of biocenology.

Noun

cenology

  1. The study of the overall organization and relationships within a system.
    • Within the Axiomatic Functionalist (AF) approach, Grammar, Systemology and ultimately Semiotics are the parent disciplines of Parasyntax. Parasyntax, alongside Morphology and Syntax, is a sub-discipline of Grammar; Grammar, together with Cenology, is a sub-discipline of Systemology and Systemology...1991, Bettina Euler, Strukturen mündlichen Erzählens, page 89
    • Comment: It follows that a cenology (Def. 2bˡᵃ) which has a cenomics will have only a cenomics; i.e. the cenology (Def . 2bˡᵃ) will consist entirely of an unordered set of cenomes (Def . 8a⁵) in opposition to one another.2011, James Dickins, Extended Axiomatic Linguistics, page 362

Also used as

cenology is also the clipping of biocenology.

Origin of cenology

From ceno- + -logy.

Words formed from cenology

Questions about cenology

What does cenology mean?
Cenology means the study of the overall organization and relationships within a system.
What part of speech is cenology?
Cenology is a noun.

Words near cenology in the dictionary

  1. cenogamy
  2. cenogenesis
  3. cenogenetic
  4. cenogram
  5. cenograms
  6. cenology
  7. Cenomanian
  8. CENOMAR
  9. CENOMARs
  10. cenome
  11. cenomes

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