meteorology
noun/ˌmiːtiəˈrɒlədʒi/
/ˌmiːtiəˈrɑːlədʒi/
[uncountable]- the scientific study of the earth’s atmosphere and its changes, used especially in predicting what the weather will be likeTopics Scientific researchc1Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Greek meteōrologia, from meteōron ‘of the atmosphere’, neuter (used as a noun) of meteōros ‘lofty’.
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