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 Meaning of METEOROLOGY
| Pronunciation: |  | `meeteeu'râlujee 
 
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[n]  science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere; especially weather processes and weather forecasting  [n]  predicting what the weather will be   |  |  |  |  | Sponsored Links: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | weather forecasting |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | aerology, climatology, forecasting, foretelling, geophysical science, geophysics, nephology, prediction, prognostication |  |     |  |  Webster's 1913 Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | \Me`te*or*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? + ? discourse: cf.
F. m['e]t['e]orologie. See {Meteor}.]
The science which treats of the atmosphere and its phenomena,
particularly of its variations of heat and moisture, of its
winds, storms, etc.
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