n.
Pronunciation: j ē - ' ä-l ə -j ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: 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