Definitions
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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Examples
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_Campi_ — will be fitly combined with a general sketch of the geological formations of the island; as we are now approaching the same standing point, the central districts, from which we took occasion to review the orology of Corsica.
Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Thomas Forester
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trivet commented on the word orology
The study of mountains.
March 6, 2007