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tidology

tidology noun: the science of tides.

Noun

tidology (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon) The science of tides.
    • He referred mainly to his tidology when he applied for the Lowndean professorship of astronomy, which had become vacant that fall.2009, Michael S. Reidy, Tides of History: Ocean Science and Her Majesty's Navy, page 269

Origin of tidology

From tide + -ology, Coined by English polymath William Whewell.

Words formed from tidology

Questions about tidology

What does tidology mean?
Tidology means the science of tides.
What part of speech is tidology?
Tidology is a noun.

Words near tidology in the dictionary

  1. Tidmore
  2. Tidmores
  3. tidological
  4. tidologist
  5. tidologists
  6. tidology
  7. Tidong
  8. Tidore
  9. TIDS
  10. Tidung
  11. Tidwell

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