hydrology (redirected from hydrologic)

hy·drol·o·gy  (h-drl-j)

n.

The scientific study of the properties, distribution, and effects of water on the earth's surface, in the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere.

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hydro·logic (-dr-ljk), hydro·logi·cal adj.

hydro·logi·cal·ly adv.

hy·drolo·gist n.

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hydrology [haɪˈdrɒlədʒɪ]

n

(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) the study of the distribution, conservation, use, etc., of the water of the earth and its atmosphere, particularly at the land surface

hydrologic  [ˌhaɪdrəˈlɒdʒɪk], hydrological adj

hydrologically  adv

hydrologist  n

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hydrology  (h-drl-j)

The scientific study of the properties, distribution, and effects of water as a liquid, solid, or gas on the Earth's surface, in the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere.

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hydrology

the science that studies the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere. — hydrologist, n. — hydrologie, hydrological, adj.

See also: Water

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hydrology - the branch of geology that studies water on the earth and in the atmosphere: its distribution and uses and conservation geophysical science, geophysics - geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth

Translations

hydrology

n → Hydrologie f