Definitions for Meteorologyˌmi ti əˈrɒl ə dʒi
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
me•te•or•ol•o•gyˌmi ti əˈrɒl ə dʒi(n.)
the science dealing with the atmosphere, weather, and climate.
Category: Meteorology
the atmospheric conditions and weather of an area.
Category: Meteorology
Origin of meteorology:
1610–20; < Gk meteōrología discussion of celestial phenomena. See meteor , -o -, -logy
me`te•or•ol′o•gist(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
meteorology, weather forecasting(noun)
predicting what the weather will be
meteorology(noun)
the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather)
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
meteorology(noun)ˌmi ti əˈrɒl ə dʒi
the science or study of the weather
Wiktionary
meteorology(Noun)
The science that deals with the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena, especially with weather and weather forecasting.
meteorology(Noun)
The atmospheric phenomena in a specific region or period.
Origin: From meteor + -logy: μετέωρος + -logy, meaning "the study of the sky".
Webster Dictionary
Meteorology(noun)
the science which treats of the atmosphere and its phenomena, particularly of its variations of heat and moisture, of its winds, storms, etc
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Meteorology
The science of studying the characteristics of the atmosphere such as its temperature, density, winds, clouds, precipitation, and other atmospheric phenomena and aiming to account for the weather in terms of external influences and the basic laws of physics. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
meteorology
The study dealing with the phenomena of the atmosphere including the physics, chemistry, and dynamics extending to the effects of the atmosphere on the Earth
Translations for Meteorology
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
meteorology(noun)
the study of weather and climate.
- meteorologieAfrikaans

- عِلْم الأرْصاد الجَوِّيَّهArabic

- метеорологияBulgarian

- meteorologiaPortuguese (BR)

- meteorologieCzech

- die MeteorologieGerman

- meteorologiDanish

- μετεωρολογίαGreek

- meteorologíaSpanish

- meteoroloogiaEstonian

- هواشناسیFarsi

- meteorologiaFinnish

- météorologieFrench

- מֶטֶאוֹרוֹלוֹגְיָהHebrew

- मौसम विज्ञानHindi

- meteorologijaCroatian

- meteorológiaHungarian

- meteorologiIndonesian

- veðurfræðiIcelandic

- meteorologiaItalian

- 気象学Japanese

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- meteorologijaLithuanian

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- meteorologieDutch

- meteorologiNorwegian

- meteorologiaPolish

- هواشناسیPersian

- هوا پيژندنهPashto

- meteorologiaPortuguese

- meteorologieRomanian

- метеорологияRussian

- meteorológiaSlovak

- vremenoslovjeSlovenian

- meteorologijaSerbian

- meteorologiSwedish

- อุตุนิยมวิทยาThai

- meteorolojiTurkish

- 氣象學Chinese (Trad.)

- метеорологіяUkrainian

- موسمیاتUrdu

- khí tượng họcVietnamese

- 气象学Chinese (Simp.)

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