orology
English
Etymology
Noun
orology (uncountable)
- (geomorphology, obsolete, rare) The study or science of mountains and their formation.
- 1810, Joseph Wilson, A History of Mountains: Geographical and Mineralogical:
- Their orology however is extremely indeterminate and obscure, and must remain so until the actual survey of experienced engineers shall reduce them to distinct chains or groups.
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the study of mountains
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