GEOLOGY
\d͡ʒɪˈɒləd͡ʒi], \dʒɪˈɒlədʒi], \dʒ_ɪ__ˈɒ_l_ə_dʒ_i]\
Definitions of GEOLOGY
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The science which treats: (a) Of the structure and mineral constitution of the globe; structural geology. (b) Of its history as regards rocks, minerals, rivers, valleys, mountains, climates, life, etc.; historical geology. (c) Of the causes and methods by which its structure, features, changes, and conditions have been produced; dynamical geology. See Chart of The Geological Series.
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The science which treats: (a) Of the structure and mineral constitution of the globe; structural geology. (b) Of its history as regards rocks, minerals, rivers, valleys, mountains, climates, life, etc.; historical geology. (c) Of the causes and methods by which its structure, features, changes, and conditions have been produced; dynamical geology. See Chart of The Geological Series.
By Noah Webster.
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The science that investigates the structure of the earth, the successive physical changes it has undergone, and the causes which have produced such changes in the crust of the globe.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The science that treats of the structure and history of the earth, of the changes it has undergone, and their causes, and of the plants and animals imbedded in its crust.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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The science which treats of the constitution and structure of the earth's crust, with its rocks and their inorganic and organic contents, the successive changes these have undergone, and the causes.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Greek] The science which treats of the structure and mineral constitution of the globe, with special reference to the different strata of which it is composed, the visible changes that have taken place in its organic and inorganic matter, the causes that have produced these, the effect they have had in altering its outward configuration, the duration of each geological era or epoch, and the antiquity of the globe.
