Main Entry: me·te·o·rol·o·gy

Pronunciation: \ˌmē-tē-ə-ˈrä-lə-jē\

Function: noun

Etymology: French or Greek; French météorologie, from Middle French, from Greek meteōrologia, from meteōron + -logia -logy

Date: 1620

1 : a science that deals with the atmosphere and its phenomena and especially with weather and weather forecasting
2 : the atmospheric phenomena and weather of a region

— me·te·o·ro·log·ic \-rə-ˈlä-jik\ or me·te·o·ro·log·i·cal \-ji-kəl\ adjective

— me·te·o·ro·log·i·cal·ly \-ji-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

— me·te·o·rol·o·gist \-ˈrä-lə-jist\ noun