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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The study of mountains.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The scientific description of mountains.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The science or description of mountains.

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  • noun geomorphology the study or science of mountains, in particular how they are formed

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  • noun the science of mountains

Etymologies

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oro- + -logy

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  • The study of mountains.

    March 6, 2007