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meteorologyme‧te‧o‧rol‧o‧gy /ˌmiːtiəˈrɒlədʒi $ -ˈrɑː-/ noun [uncountable]   meteorologyOrigin: 1600-1700 French météorologie, from Greek, from meteoron; ➔ METEOR - A new school of meteorology was founded to explain it.
- His most important legacy to meteorology was as secretary of the International Meteorological Committee from its inception in 1874 until 1900.
- Natural science managers oversee activities in agricultural science, chemistry, biology, geology, meteorology, or physics.
- Some of them were really interested in meteorology, others only tolerant of what they considered to be a very inexact science.
- Standards may be applied nationally, regionally or according to local conditions of land use, topography, meteorology, and so on.
- Subsequent work by Aitken was largely within the field of meteorology, although he maintained other interests.
- There are also posts in various environment-oriented research institutes and other organisations for which a knowledge of meteorology is advantageous.
- This is a nice analogy, within the constraints of his meteorology.
connected with the weather► climatic especially written connected with the weather in a large area over a long period of time: · toxic gases that threaten the earth's climatic balance· The types of rice grown in a country depend on climatic conditions.· Climatic changes are caused by the increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. ► meteorological connected with the scientific study of the weather: · Meteorological reports are fed into a computer, which helps scientists make accurate predictions about the weather.· His meteorological observations resulted in a theory of how tropical storms arise in the Gulf of Mexico. ► atmospheric connected with the air that surrounds the earth and how it affects the weather: · Snow crystals form when atmospheric conditions turn water vapour into ice.· The cylinder swelled and contracted with the changing atmospheric pressure. the scientific study of weather conditions—meteorologist noun [countable]:  The storms have baffled meteorologists in the United States.—meteorological /ˌmiːtiərəˈlɒdʒɪkəl◂ $ -ˈlɑː-/ adjective: satellites that provide meteorological data to the National Weather Service |