Meaning of OLOGY
| Pronunciation: | | 'âlujee
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| | Definition: | | [n] an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge |
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| | See Also: | | bailiwick, branch of knowledge, discipline, field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ol"o*gy\, n. [See {-logy}.]
A colloquial or humorous name for any science or branch of
knowledge.
He had a smattering of mechanics, of physiology,
geology, mineralogy, and all other ologies whatsoever.
--De Quincey.
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| | Related Terms: | | academic discipline, academic specialty, applied science, area, arena, art, concern, department of knowledge, discipline, domain, field, field of inquiry, field of study, natural science, province, pure science, science, social science, specialty, sphere, study, technicology, technics, technology |
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