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oceaˈnology
[f. Gr. ὠκεανός ocean + -λογία discourse; after geology, etc.]
= oceanography (Webster 1864.) In mod. use freq. given a broader meaning than oceanography (see quots. 19691, 1973).
1898Ann. Rep. Board of Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1896 295 This brings us to the equally important question of oceanology, which should comprise a complete knowledge not only of the surface currents in the Arctic seas, but also surface and deep-sea temperatures, [etc.]. 1955Deep-Sea Research II. 247 The use of the words ‘Oceanology’ and ‘Oceanologist’ was well and truly pondered in days past. Today they are little used save in Russia. 1956Ibid. IV. 68 In 1949 the R/V Vitjaz of the Institute of Oceanology of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. started its investigations. 1969Nature 1 Mar. 804/2 A brief explanation is required of the word ‘oceanology’... In the early days it was often used synonymously with ‘oceanography’ to mean marine science... It is now often used to mean marine technology, and although it has no precise definition, is usually taken to exclude conventional naval architecture. [1969Ibid. 13 Dec. 1049/2 Much of what passes for oceanography is nothing more than the straightforward use of the sea for such things as fishing and transport.] 1970R. Barton Oceanology Today i. 12 The project becomes even more valuable when looked at in terms of the lessons..that will be learned across the whole field of oceanology, from offshore oil exploration to physiological research in diving. 1973Hickling & Brown Seas & Oceans p. viii, Sea or ocean science is nowadays called oceanography, or by an even newer word, oceanology, coined in the 1960s. Some like to differentiate between the use of these terms, using oceanography to describe the more academic aspects of ocean science, and oceanology to describe modern ocean technology, including the political, legal, financial and economic aspects of the seas and oceans. |