Word of the Day:
meteorology
What It Means
The science that deals with the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena, especially with weather and weather forecasting.
The atmospheric phenomena in a specific region or period.
department of meteorology
Did You Know?
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μετεωρολογία (meteōrología), from μετέωρα (metéōra, “celestial phenomena”), nominalized from the neuter plural of μετέωρος (metéōros, “high in the sky”), + -λογία (-logía, “study of”). By surface analysis, meteor (“atmospheric phenomenon”) + -ology (“study of”). First attested in 1563.
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