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zygology

zygology noun: the science of fastening things together.

Noun

zygology (uncountable)

  1. The science of fastening things together.
    • It is easy to forecast that there will be greater complexity and weight of business for all the professions from Architecture to Zygology.1983, J. Keri Davies, Alistair B. Duncan, Willis Pickard, Access to higher education in Scotland: Robbins twenty years on
    • Adhesion is only one branch of zygology, the science of joining things together — other branches include welding, riveting and all forms of mechanical joining.1997, New Scientist, volume 155, numbers 2089-2097, page 52

Origin of zygology

From zygo- + -logy.

Questions about zygology

What does zygology mean?
Zygology means the science of fastening things together.
What part of speech is zygology?
Zygology is a noun.

Words near zygology in the dictionary

  1. zygokrotaphic
  2. zygokrotaphy
  3. zygolith
  4. zygoliths
  5. zygolobous
  6. zygology
  7. zygoma
  8. zygomas
  9. zygomasseteric
  10. zygomata
  11. zygomatic

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