Hypertext Webster Gateway: "meteorology"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Meteorology \Me`te*or*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? + ? discourse: cf.
F. m['e]t['e]orologie. See {Meteor}.]
The science which treats of the atmosphere and its phenomena,
particularly of its variations of heat and moisture, of its
winds, storms, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
meteorology
n 1: predicting what the weather will be [syn: {weather
forecasting}]
2: science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere; especially
weather processes and weather forecasting
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