geology

noun ge·ol·o·gy \ jē-ˈä-lə-jē \

|Updated on: 12 Aug 2018

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Definition of geology

plural geologies

1 a : a science that deals with the history of the earth and its life especially as recorded in rocks

b : a study of the solid matter of a celestial body (such as the moon)

2 : geologic features

the geology of Arizona

3 : a treatise on geology

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Examples of geology in a Sentence

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Recent Examples of geology from the Web

Gurda's history has not only flow but also a pleasing dynamic balance between humans and geology, the lives of regular people and the doings of muckety-mucks.

— jim higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Milwaukee loves its rivers and Lake Michigan — and keeps abusing them, too," 3 July 2018
In a wondrous landscape drawing in colored pencil and ballpoint pen (1970), Joseph Yoakum articulates a kind of visionary geology, where a band of men's bare torsos rim a lake.

— leah ollman, latimes.com, "This Candy Store wasn't a candy store: Remembering a California gallery that made art stars," 3 July 2018
The problem is a widespread one across Africa, where little is understood about groundwater supplies, said Daniel Olago, a geology professor at the University of Nairobi.

— isaiah esipisu, The Christian Science Monitor, "In sustainability search, Kenya studies the unknown depths of its aquifers," 2 July 2018
Michael Garcia, a professor of geology at the University of Hawaii's Manoa campus in Honolulu, has a student who is extracting olivine from a 1985 eruption.

— CBS News, "Hawaii's Kilauea volcano not actually raining gemstones," 20 June 2018
Each ship will have a 10-person expedition team, made up of experts in marine biology, arctic survival, oceanography, biology, geology, history, and photography.

— veronica stoddart, Condé Nast Traveler, "New Expedition Ships: Small but Mighty Appealing," 14 June 2018
Burkwald named to dean’s list Naperville resident Cory Burkwald, a graduate of Naperville Central High School who is studying geology, has been named to the dean’s list at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Mich. for the spring semester.

— michelle mullins, Naperville Sun, "Naperville People in the News," 8 June 2018
The isotopes in teeth reflect the geology of a person's surroundings during childhood, whereas isotopes in bones show where a person lived before death.

— lizzie wade, Science | AAAS, "Feeding the gods: Hundreds of skulls reveal massive scale of human sacrifice in Aztec capital," 21 June 2018
This bid to establish a European outpost off what is now the coast of North Carolina was doomed by ignorance of the basic facts of geography, geology and geopolitics.

— The Economist, "The tale of the “Lost Colony” is a chronicle of delusion," 7 June 2018

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Origin and Etymology of geology

New Latin geologia, from ge- + -logia -logy

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First Known Use: 1735

in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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Other Geology Terms

anthracite, boulder, cwm, erratic, igneous, intrusive, mesa, sedimentary, silt, swale

GEOLOGY Defined for English Language Learners

geology

noun

Definition of geology for English Language Learners

: a science that studies rocks, layers of soil, etc., in order to learn about the history of the Earth and its life
: the rocks, land, processes of land formation, etc., of a particular area