tidology

English

Etymology

From tide +‎ -ology, Coined by English polymath William Whewell.

Noun

tidology (uncountable)

1. (uncommon) The science of tides.
   • 2009, Michael S. Reidy, Tides of History: Ocean Science and Her Majesty's Navy‎^[1], page 269:

     He referred mainly to his tidology when he applied for the Lowndean professorship of astronomy, which had become vacant that fall.

Derived terms

• tidological
• tidologist

Translations

the science of tides

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 潮汐學／潮汐学 (cháoxīxué), 潮汐学 (cháoxīxué)

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• Finnish: vuorovesioppi
• Japanese: 潮汐学 (ちょうせきがく, chōsekigaku)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “tidology”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)