atmology

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

atmo- +‎ -logy

Noun[edit]

atmology (uncountable)

  1. The branch of science dealing with the laws and phenomena of aqueous vapour.
    • 1837, William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences:
      it is useful for our purpose to consider separately those portions of Meteorology which have reference to the laws of aqueous vapor , and these we may include under the term Atmology

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References[edit]

“atmology”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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