orological
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare French orologique.
Adjective[edit]
orological (not comparable)
- (obsolete, rare) Of or pertaining to orology.
- 1781, The Monthly Review, volume 65, page 553:
- On leaving Switzerland, one of the most mountainous parts of the world, he sums up the general result of the orological observations he made there; which, backed and supported by Scheuchzer's map of Switzerland, led him to conclude, that the Helvetic mountains have no regular direction […]
References[edit]
- “orological”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.