bioclimatologyn.
/ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)ˌklʌɪməˈtɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌbaɪoʊˌklaɪməˈtɑlədʒi/ Biology and Geography.
The study of the relationship between climate and living organisms.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > [noun] > climatology > types of climatology
bioclimatology1910
palaeoclimatology1916
bioclimatics1921
microclimatology1934
dendroclimatology1953
palaeothermometry1957
1910 W. L. Moore Descr. Meteorol. xv. 259 The terms bioclimatology and anthropoclimatology have been proposed to denote the discussion of climate in relation, respectively, to life in general and to human life in particular.
1965 Philos. Sci. 32 189 Sciences such as socionomics and bioclimatology investigate the distributions of societies and their interaction with their physical and chemical environment.
2006 Food Res. Internat. 39 874/1 This assumption is often made in bioclimatology when assessing airflows in greenhouses or wind circulation in forests.
Derivatives
bioclimatoˈlogical adj. of or relating to bioclimatology.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > [adjective] > relating to climatology > types of
bioclimatic1918
palaeoclimatological1924
microclimatological1937
bioclimatological1942
palaeoclimatologic1945
1942 V. Conrad Fund. Physical Climatol. viii. 114 This classification has unquestionable bioclimatological value.
2003 Jrnl. Environmental Managem. 67 55/1 Temperate forests in Europe cover a large bioclimatological range.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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