cryologyn.
/krʌɪˈɒlədʒi/, U.S. /kraɪˈɑlədʒi/ 1. The science and technology of refrigeration; cryogenics. rare.
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1913 Monthly Bull. Assoc. Internat. du Froid (Eng. ed.) 4 310 Cryologie... Cryology. Application of refrigeration for laboratory researches..by Dr. Lortat Jacob.
1947 Jrnl. Glaciol. 1 35 In America the word ‘cryology’ is coming into fashion to describe the study of refrigeration.
1975 Ann. Rep. National Acad. Sci. 1973 & 1974 vi. 109 American scientists, engineers, and technologists interested in refrigeration and cryology.
2. The study of ice, snow, and the parts of the natural environment below freezing point (cf. cryosphere n.). Cf. glaciology n.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > study or science of specific conditions or phenomena > [noun] > study of ice and snow
cryology1935
1891 Alpine Jrnl. 15 361 Glaciology. [Note] A vile hybrid. But unluckily another science has appropriated the Greek word for ‘ice’, and ‘cryology’ might not be generally understood to refer to glaciers specially. Committee of the future, please suggest a term.]
1935 J. Zukriegel Cryologia Maris iii. 71 It is therefore evident that the study of the cryosphere..ought to be considered as a special branch of geophysics, which may be called cryology. It is the science of ice, of which glaciology..forms only a part.
1961 L. D. Stamp Gloss. Geogr. Terms 140/1 At the International Association of Scientific Hydrology in Zurich, Meinzen referred to four divisions of hydrology—potamology, limnology, hydrology..and cryology.
2005 A. Instanes et al. in Arctic Climate Impact Assessment xvi. 922/1 To improve the understanding of coastal dynamics as a function of environmental forcing (including climate change), coastal geology and cryology.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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