meteorology
/ˌmiːtɪəˈrɒlədʒi
/noun [mass noun]
1The branch of science concerned with the processes and phenomena of the atmosphere, especially as a means of forecasting the weather: an induction course to learn basic meteorology...
- Such research includes studies in climatology, atmospheric science, meteorology, geology and geophysics, ecology, and oceanography, just to name a few.
- There are numerous excursions in scientific realms of chemistry, biology, meteorology, computer science, and most of all mathematics and philosophy.
- It will investigate global atmospheric circulation dynamics, meteorology and chemistry.
1.1The climate and weather of a region: overwintering would allow the team to investigate the island’s meteorology
Origin
Early 17th century: from Greek meteōrologia, from meteōron 'of the atmosphere' (see meteor).