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Geology   /dʒiˈɑlədʒi/   Listen
noun
Geology  n.  (pl. geologies)  
1.
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.
2.
A treatise on the science.





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"Geology" Quotes from Famous Books



... days to discover the gold for one's self. One might have lived a lifetime on the farm, as Tomlinson's father had, and never discover it for one's self. For that indeed the best medium of destiny is a geologist, let us say the senior professor of geology at Plutoria University. That ...
— Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich • Stephen Leacock
... warm July Johnnie had French lessons and German, and lessons in natural philosophy, beside studying English literature after a plan of Miss Inches' own, which combined history and geography and geology, with readings from various books, and accounted for the existence of all the great geniuses of the world, as if they had been made after a regular ...
— Nine Little Goslings • Susan Coolidge
... were held in the amphitheater, under the elms, on the rocky or the grassy slopes of the Knoll. Of course there were many lessons that could be given only in class rooms, but recitations, examinations and mental exercises generally were relegated to regions beyond the threshold. Botany, geology, natural history and what was then called natural philosophy were taught among the rocks, in the woods and in the ...
— My Friends at Brook Farm • John Van Der Zee Sears
... mind in physical correspondences. The planetary system is fashioned after a circle. Life itself springs from a spherule of forces. The perfection of an idea, or the completeness of a conception may be expressed by a circle. The elements of Science, Astronomy, Geology, and Natural History, are pictorially represented in this manner. How appropriately and logically can a fragment of natural history, this epitome of all nature and science—the mind—be illustrated by a simple circle! Every element must act and react, and be equal ...
— The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English • R. V. Pierce
... Academy deputed the physicist Biot to visit the locality and make a detailed examination of the circumstances attending this memorable shower. His enquiry removed every trace of doubt, and the meteoric stones have accordingly been transferred from the dominions of geology to those of astronomy. It may be noted that the recognition of the celestial origin of meteorites happens to be simultaneous with the discovery of the first of the minor planets. In each case our ...
— The Story of the Heavens • Robert Stawell Ball


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