barology

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

baro- +‎ -logy

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

barology (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, physics) The science of gravity or weight.

References[edit]

  • JS Mill, Auguste Comte and positivism 1865; "divided by M. Comte into five departments: Barology, or the science of weights; Thermology, etc."
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