uranology

English

Etymology

urano- +‎ -ology

Noun

uranology (usually uncountable, plural uranologies)

1. (obsolete) The study of the heavens and heavenly bodies.
2. (astronomy, geology) The scientific observation and study of the planet Uranus.

Related terms

• uranological

See also

• planetary science
• selenology
• areology
• geology

References

• “uranology”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “uranology”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes V (Simular–Z), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.