GEOLOGY


Meaning of GEOLOGY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ jē-ˈä-lə-jē ]

noun

( plural -gies )

Etymology: New Latin geologia, from ge- + -logia -logy

Date: 1735

1.

a. : a science that deals with the history of the earth and its life especially as recorded in rocks

b. : a study of the solid matter of a celestial body (as the moon)

2. : geologic features

3. : a treatise on geology

• ge·ol·o·gist -jist noun

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