METEOROLOGY


Meaning of METEOROLOGY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌmē-tē-ə-ˈrä-lə-jē ]

noun

Etymology: French or Greek; French météorologie, from Middle French, from Greek meteōrologia, from meteōron + -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 -rə-ˈlä-jik or me·te·o·ro·log·i·cal -ji-kəl adjective

• me·te·o·ro·log·i·cal·ly -ji-k(ə-)lē adverb

• me·te·o·rol·o·gist -ˈrä-lə-jist noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.