tidology
English edit
Etymology edit
From tide + -ology, Coined by English polymath William Whewell.
Noun edit
tidology (uncountable)
- (uncommon) The science of tides.
- 2009, Michael S. Reidy, Tides of History: Ocean Science and Her Majesty's Navy[1], page 269:
- He referred mainly to his tidology when he applied for the Lowndean professorship of astronomy, which had become vacant that fall.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
the science of tides
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References edit
- “tidology”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.