meteorology

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”).^[1] By surface analysis, meteor (“atmospheric phenomenon”) +‎ -ology (“study of”). First attested in 1563.^[1]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmiːtɪəˈɹɒləd͡ʒi/

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meteorology (countable and uncountable, plural meteorologies)

1. The science that deals with the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena, especially with weather and weather forecasting.

   study of meteorology

   department of meteorology

   She’s studying meteorology at university.

   Meteorology helps us understand weather patterns and climate change.

2. The atmospheric phenomena in a specific region or period.

   meteorology report

• See also Thesaurus:meteorology

• atmospheric chemistry
• atmospheric physics

• atmospheric science

• aerology
• aeronomy
• weather forecasting