Pronunciation: ˌ m ē -t ē - ə - ' rä-l ə -j ē
Function: noun
Etymology: French or Greek; French météorologie, from Middle French, from Greek mete ō rologia, from mete ō ron + -logia -logy
Date: 1620
1 : a science that deals with the atmosphere and its phenomena and especially with weather and weather forecasting
2 : the atmospheric phenomena and weather of a region
– me · te · o · ro · log · ic \ -r ə - ' lä-jik \ or me · te · o · ro · log · i · cal \ -ji-k ə l \ adjective
– me · te · o · ro · log · i · cal · ly \ -ji-k( ə -)l ē \ adverb
– me · te · o · rol · o · gist \ - ' rä-l ə -jist \ noun