Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The branch of meteorology that deals with clouds.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That part of meteorology which treats of clouds.
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- noun The branch of meteorology that studies
clouds .
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- noun the branch of meteorology that studies clouds and cloud formation
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Greek nephos, cloud; see nebh- in Indo-European roots + –logy.]
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From Ancient Greek νέφος (nephos, "cloud") + -logy.
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fbharjo commented on the word nephology
a quick study of partial dimension boundary issues
August 26, 2007