tidologyn.
/tʌɪˈdɒlədʒi/ rare.
The study or science that treats of the tides.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > earth sciences > hydrography > [noun] > oceanography > branches
tidology1834
palaeoceanography1933
1834 W. Whewell in I. Todhunter William Whewell (1876) II. 194 Do not omit to mention what the Liverpool people..have done for Tidology.
1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic II. vi. iii. §1 No one doubts that Tidology (as Dr. Whewell proposes to call it) is really a science.
Derivatives
tidoˈlogical adj. of or pertaining to tidology.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > earth sciences > hydrography > [adjective] > oceanography > branches
tidological1840
palaeoceanographic1945
palaeoceanographical1971
1840 W. Whewell Philos. Inductive Sci. I. lxxiii I have ventured to employ the term Tidology, having been much engaged in tidological researches.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
<
n.1834