aerology

English

Etymology

From aero- +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛəˈɹɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɛɚˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
• Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
• Hyphenation: ae‧ro‧lo‧gy

Noun

aerology (usually uncountable, plural aerologies)

1. The branch of meteorology involving the observation of the atmosphere by means of balloons, kites, rockets, drones, airplanes, etc.
2. The study of the air and of the atmosphere and technological methods involved. Used in the US Navy until early 1957 to encompass operations as well as scientific knowledge.

Related terms

• aerologist
• aerological
• aerologic

Translations

branch of meteorology

• Catalan: aerologia f
• Czech: aerologie
• Danish: aerologi
• Dutch: aerologie (nl) f
• Esperanto: aerologio
• Finnish: aerologia (fi)
• French: aérologie (fr)
• German: Aerologie (de)
• Greek: αεριολογία f (aeriología)
• Irish: aereolaíocht f
• Khmer: អាកាសវិទ្យា (km) (aakaah vityie)
• Malay:

  Jawi: کاجي اڠکاس, ايرولوݢي

  Rumi: kaji angkasa, aerologi (ms)

• Persian: جوشناسی (fa) (jawšenâsi), هواشناسی (fa) (havâšenâsi)
• Polish: aerologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: aerologia f
• Romanian: aerologie (ro) f
• Russian: аэроло́гия (ru) f (aerológija)
• Serbo-Croatian: aerologija (sh) f
• Spanish: aerología f
• Turkish: aeroloji (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: aeroleg f, awyreg f

See also

• meteorology

Anagrams

• areology