Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of the earth.
- noun The structure of a specific region of the earth's crust.
- noun A book on geology.
- noun The scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of the solid matter of a celestial body.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun ;
- noun The geological conditions or features of a place: as, the geology of a district.
- noun The science of the past and present condition of the earth, with special reference to the physical changes which it has undergone or which may still be taking place.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The science which treats: (a) Of the structure and mineral constitution of the globe; structural geology. (b) Of its history as regards rocks, minerals, rivers, valleys, mountains, climates, life, etc.; historical geology. (c) Of the causes and methods by which its structure, features, changes, and conditions have been produced; dynamical geology. See Chart of
The Geological Series . - noun A treatise on the science.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The science that studies the structure of the
earth (or other planets), together with its origin and development, especially by examination of itsrocks
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Mainly within the last century has this knowledge been organized into the science of geology, and only within the last few decades have the complex and increasing demands of modern civilization required the applications of geology to practical uses, resulting in the development of the science generally known as _economic geology_.
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The term geology was first used in the late 18th Century.
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The term geology was first used in the late 18th Century.
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The term geology was first used in the late 18th Century.
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The term geology was first used in the late 18th Century.
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"Flood geology" is implied in the Bible, although not so named.
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Please understand I have no problem in folks claiming that some dinosaurs perished in the flood as long as they affirm that Noah had two brontosauruses on the Ark. I have no problem with claims that the flood left geologic evidence only with folks claiming that flood geology is some how different in kind than all other geology.
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Please understand I have no problem in folks claiming that some dinosaurs perished in the flood as long as they affirm that Noah had two brontosauruses on the Ark. I have no problem with claims that the flood left geologic evidence only with folks claiming that flood geology is some how different in kind than all other geology.
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I will try to knock out a Ph. D in geology, and we are already talking about going to Canada.
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Someone who has a PhD in geology definitely knows quite a lot about rocks, but he or she probably knows very little about gastrointestinal disease — and in similar vein, someone with a PhD in linguistics knows a lot about human languages but probably not a lot about botany.
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