What does geological mean?
Definitions for geological
ge·o·log·i·cal
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Princeton's WordNet
geological, geologicadjective
of or relating to or based on geology
"geological formations"; "geologic forces"
Wiktionary
geologicaladjective
geologic
Wikipedia
geological
Geology (from Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) 'earth', and λoγία (-logía) 'study of, discourse') is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Earth sciences, including hydrology, and so is treated as one major aspect of integrated Earth system science and planetary science. Geology describes the structure of the Earth on and beneath its surface, and the processes that have shaped that structure. It also provides tools to determine the relative and absolute ages of rocks found in a given location, and also to describe the histories of those rocks. By combining these tools, geologists are able to chronicle the geological history of the Earth as a whole, and also to demonstrate the age of the Earth. Geology provides the primary evidence for plate tectonics, the evolutionary history of life, and the Earth's past climates. Geologists broadly study the properties and processes of Earth and other terrestrial planets and predominantly solid planetary bodies. Geologists use a wide variety of methods to understand the Earth's structure and evolution, including field work, rock description, geophysical techniques, chemical analysis, physical experiments, and numerical modelling. In practical terms, geology is important for mineral and hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation, evaluating water resources, understanding natural hazards, the remediation of environmental problems, and providing insights into past climate change. Geology is a major academic discipline, and it is central to geological engineering and plays an important role in geotechnical engineering.
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geological
Geological refers to the scientific study of the solid Earth in terms of its rock composition, structure, physical properties, processes that have shaped it over time, as well as its history. It also encompasses the study of solid features of any terrestrial planet or natural satellite. The term can also relate to something pertaining to geology or derived from it.
Webster Dictionary
Geologicaladjective
of or pertaining to geology, or the science of the earth
Etymology: [Cf. F. gologique.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of geological in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of geological in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of geological in a Sentence
Human consciousness arose but a minute before midnight on the geological clock. Yet we mayflies try to bend an ancient world to our purposes, ignorant perhaps of the messages buried in its long history. Let us hope that we are still in the early morning of our April day.
[ Sophisticated ] robbers could work with a corrupt diamond cutter... in one of the jewelry centers such as Antwerp, and have the [ stone ] re-cut and the laser [ inscription ] removed, and the diamond re-set, the goal is to change the weight, appearance and to some degree the shape of her diamond so it appears to be a different stone and then market it. Perhaps getting a new diamond grading report from a European lab, and not from Geological Institute of America.
MyShake cannot replace traditional seismic networks like those run by the U.S. Geological Survey, but we think MyShake can make earthquake early warning faster and more accurate in areas that have a traditional seismic network, and can provide life-saving early warning in countries that have no seismic network.
It is quite simply a geological mess: everything is curved, broken, and stacked, compared to this, the Himalayas, for example, represent a rather simple system. There you can follow several large fault lines across a distance of more than 2000 km.
This work shows the extensive use of the Lunar Penetrating Radar could greatly improve our understanding of the history of lunar impact and volcanism and could shed new light on the comprehension of the geological evolution of the Moon's far side.
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