chorology
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
chorology (countable and uncountable, plural chorologies)
- The spatial equivalent of chronology; the science of determining the order in which places or regions occur or are constructed.
- 2004, Tim Cresswell, Place, A Short Introduction:
- While chronology refers to the study of time, chorology refers to the study of regions/places.
- (biology) The study of the spatial distribution of organisms.