meteorology

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌmiːtɪəˈrɒlədʒi/ (UK), /ˌmiti.əˈɹɑːlədʒi/ (US)

Etymology

From meteor + -logy: Ancient Greek μετέωρος (metéōros, “high in the sky”) + -logy (“study”), meaning "the study of the sky".

Noun

meteorology (plural meteorologies)

1. The science that deals with the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena, especially with weather and weather forecasting.
2. The atmospheric phenomena in a specific region or period.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:meteorology

Derived terms

aeronautical meteorology agricultural meteorology agrometeorology applied meteorology astrometeorology biometeorology dynamic meteorology dynamic meteorology hydrometeorology

macrometeorology micrometeorology mesometeorology meteorological micrometeorology physical meteorology radarmeteorology radar meteorology radio meteorology synoptic meteorology

Translations

science

Arabic: علم الطقس (ar) (3ilm al-Taqs) m. Armenian: օդերեւութաբանություն (hy) (òderevut’abanut’yun) Catalan: meteorologia (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 氣象學 (cmn), 气象学 (cmn) (qìxiàngxué); 氣象 (cmn), 气象 (cmn) (qìxiàng) (phenomenon) Croatian: meteorologija (hr) f. Czech: meteorologie (cs) f. Esperanto: meteorologio (eo), meteologio (eo) Finnish: meteorologia (fi), ilmatiede (fi), säätiede (fi) French: météorologie (fr) f. German: Meteorologie (de) f., Wetterkunde (de) f. Greek: μετεωρολογία (el) (meteoroloγía) f.

Hungarian: meteorológia (hu) Japanese: 気象学 (ja) (きしょうがく, kishōgaku), 気象 (ja) (きしょう, kishō) (phenomenon) Khmer: នភាវិទ្យា (km) (neaʔpʰie vityie), ឧតុវិទ្យា (km) (uʔtoʔvityie) Korean: 기상학 (ko) (gisanghag) (氣象學 (ko)) Malay: kaji cuaca (ms), meteorologi (ms) Norwegian: meteorologi (no) m. Polish: meteorologia (pl) f. Russian: метеорология (ru) (meteorólogija) f. Spanish: meteorología (es) f. Swedish: meteorologi (sv) c. Vietnamese: khí tượng học (vi) (氣象學 (vi))

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Croatian: meteorologija (hr) f. German: Wettervorhersage (de) f.

Hungarian: időjóslás (hu) Swedish: meteorologi (sv) c.

See also

• aerology
• aeronomy
• weather forecasting