geognosy
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of geognosy
1785–95; < French géognosie, equivalent to géo- geo- + -gnosie < Greek gnôsis knowledge
Example Sentences
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We cannot help asking what business have paper money and political economy and geognosy here?
From Among My Books First Series by Lowell, James Russell
Knowledge of science, too, was only just beginning; botany, geology, and geognosy were very slightly diffused; glacier theories were undreamt of.
From The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Biese, Alfred
Modern geognosy, the mineral portion of terrestrial physics, has made no slight advance in having investigated this connection of phenomena.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von
Examples drawn from astronomy, recent optical discoveries, physical geognosy, and the geography of plants.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von
We here touch upon a point of contact between geological and geographical geognosy which would constitute the complete history of the form and extent of continents.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von
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