Synonyms for geology

Grammar : Noun

Spell : jee-ol-uh-jee

Phonetic Transcription : dʒiˈɒl ə dʒi

Définition of geology

Origin : 1735, from Modern Latin geologia "the study of the earth," from geo- "earth" + logia (see -logy). In Medieval Latin, geologia (14c.) meant "study of earthly things," i.e. law, as distinguished from arts and sciences, which concern the works of God. Darwin used geologize as a verb.

As in geography : noun the earth's features; study of land

Example sentences :

The geology as well as the scenery here is an interesting study.
Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook

Here the problems of geology run hand in hand with the problems of psychology.
Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper

It is thus in Geology; it is thus in Biology; it is thus in Philology.
Extract from : « Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I » by Herbert Spencer

Descriptive astronomy and geology have, however, been omitted.
Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne

Such questions it is hardly the province of geology to solve.
Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 » by Various

What are the discoveries of geology and biology to a theologian?
Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort

Rarity, as geology tells us, is the precursor to extinction.
Extract from : « On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection » by Charles Darwin

Geology was the subject which occupied him longest and absorbed him most.
Extract from : « Captains of Industry » by James Parton

Geology is his darling, and he keeps one eye on the enemy, and the other on the rocks.
Extract from : « The Citizen-Soldier » by John Beatty

Every curate in England dabbled in geology and hunted for vestiges of Creation.
Extract from : « The Education of Henry Adams » by Henry Adams

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