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▪ I. orology, oreology|ɒˈrɒlədʒɪ, ɒriːˈəʊl-|
[f. Gr. ὄρος, ὄρε- mountain + -logy. As to the two forms see orography.]
The scientific study of mountains; the branch of geology or of physical geography which treats of mountains.
1781J. T. Dillon Trav. through Spain 245 We are not therefore to wonder, that orology, or the science of mountains, is so little understood. 1860Maury Phys. Geog. Sea (Low) xiv. §582 Equally important is it..to present its orology, by mapping out the bottom of the ocean. 1892Daily News 26 Mar. 2/1 Originally Mr. Whymper intended to pursue his studies in Oreology..in the cloud-capped region of the Himalaya.
Hence oroˈlogical, oreo-, a. [cf. F. orologique], of or pertaining to orology (1828 in Webster); oˈrologist, oreˈologist, one skilled in orology.
1802Playfair Illustr. Hutton. Th. 114 If the Oreologist would trace back the progress of waste, till he come in sight of that original structure.
▪ II. orology
obs. variant of horology. |