meteorology

[ mee-tee-uh-rol-uh-jee ]

noun

1. the science dealing with the atmosphere and its phenomena, including weather and climate.
2. the atmospheric conditions and weather of an area.

meteorology

/ ˌmiːtɪəˈrɒlədʒɪ; ˌmiːtɪərəˈlɒdʒɪkəl /

noun

1. the study of the earth's atmosphere, esp of weather-forming processes and weather forecasting

meteorology

/ mē′tē-ə-rŏl′ə-jē /

1. The scientific study of the atmosphere and of atmospheric conditions, especially as they relate to weather and weather forecasting.

meteorology

1. The study of the weather and climate .

Derived Forms

• ˌmeteoroˈlogically, adverb
• meteorological, adjective
• ˌmeteorˈologist, noun

Other Words From

• me·te·or·ol·o·gist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of meteorology¹

First recorded in 1610–20; from Greek meteōrología “discussion of celestial phenomena”; meteor, -o-, -logy

Word History and Origins

Origin of meteorology¹

C17: from Greek meteorolōgia, from meteōron something aloft + -logia -logy . See meteor

Example Sentences

The space agreement … outlines plans for cooperation in fields such as meteorology, study of the natural environment, planetary exploration and space biology.

From Science News

In graduate school he investigated the use of math in meteorology and atmospheric dynamics.

From Science News

Jana Houser, an associate professor of meteorology at the University of Ohio, says that there are a number of variables that make it harder to connect tornadoes to climate.

From Popular-Science

They were initially an old-school weather coverage team that has become really dynamic in social spaces and jumping on weather news and trends and providing the science and meteorology behind that.

From Digiday

One of them, Leila Carvalho, is a professor of meteorology and climate sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

From Nautilus

Neubauer was stationed at Keesler for weather training, a military field that is the rough equivalent of meteorology.

From The Daily Beast

Melissa Fares talks to the two guys behind Weather Puppy and Weather Kitty, apps giving meteorology a new, viral spin.

From The Daily Beast

A feature of meteorology which is often overlooked is its economic value.

From Project Gutenberg

Sally was denouncing meteorology as imposture when the returning bather produced the effect recorded.

From Project Gutenberg

He had developed what I regarded as an innocent intellectual recreation which he called stock-market meteorology.

From Project Gutenberg

For astronomy in those days seems to have ranked as a minor science, like mineralogy or meteorology now.

From Project Gutenberg

But take some other science still barely developed: meteorology, for instance.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• weather forecasting