PHENOLOGY


Meaning of PHENOLOGY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ fi-ˈnä-lə-jē ]

noun

Etymology: pheno mena + -logy

Date: circa 1884

1. : a branch of science dealing with the relations between climate and periodic biological phenomena (as bird migration or plant flowering)

2. : periodic biological phenomena that are correlated with climatic conditions

• phe·no·log·i·cal ˌfē-nə-ˈlä-ji-kəl adjective

• phe·no·log·i·cal·ly -k(ə-)lē adverb

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