geology

noun
/d͡ʒɪˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/UK/d͡ʒiˈɑ.lə.dʒi/CA/d͡ʒiˈɔl.ə.d͡ʒi/

Etymology

From geo- + -logy, partly after Renaissance Latin geōlogia, from Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-, “earth”) + Latin -logia (“the study of”), from Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía).

  1. derived from -logia
  2. derived from γεω-
  3. derived from geōlogia

Definitions

  1. The science that studies the structure of the Earth (or other planets), together with its…

    The science that studies the structure of the Earth (or other planets), together with its origin and development, especially by examination of its rocks.

  2. The geological structure of a region.

    • the geology of the Alps

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for geology. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA