Definitions for geology

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geology ge·ol·o·gy

Spelling: [jee-ol-uh-jee]

IPA: /dʒiˈɒl ə dʒi/

Geology is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in geology (egglooy).

Definitions for geology

noun

1. the science that deals with the dynamics and physical history of the earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the physical, chemical, and biological changes that the earth has undergone or is undergoing.
2. the study of this science.
3. the geologic features and processes occurring in a given region on the earth or on a celestial body:

Origin of geology

First recorded in 1680-90; geo- + -logy

Examples for geology

Here the problems of geology run hand in hand with the problems of psychology.

Such questions it is hardly the province of geology to solve.

geology, literally, as I say in this book, “underlies everything.”

Descriptive astronomy and geology have, however, been omitted.

He recommended I take the Oxford University entrance exam in geology, and I did fairly well.

The Daily Pic: Just when he hit it big with geology, the Californian turned to sociology.

geology is important to making great wine, and it is particularly respected by French vintners.

The geology as well as the scenery here is an interesting study.

It is thus in geology; it is thus in Biology; it is thus in Philology.

Your background in geology has a big influence on this book.