Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hydrology

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.83 in modern English

Syllables: hy-drol-o-gy
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The science of the properties, distribution, and effects of water on a planet's surface, in the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere.

Uncountable

noun

The properties, distribution, and flows of water in a specific locale; the hydrological characteristics of a particular place or region.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Excessively high floods may be caused by obstructions which were not noted by the observer subsequently removed. Information of this kind is necessary, but it is equally necessary that something of the local hydrology should be also known and applied."
"Operations studies are required to define appropriate hydrologies and facility operations schedules on which to base the Delta modeling."

Etymology

From hydro- + -ology.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

hydrologies (plural)

Derived Forms

archaeohydrology dendrohydrology ecohydrology geohydrology glaciohydrology hydrologic hydrological hydrologist palaeohydrology paleohydrology radiohydrology

Rhymes With

technology appropriate technology psychology biology apology ideology theology geology ecology anthropology mythology archaeology

Questions

What does hydrology mean?: The science of the properties, distribution, and effects of water on a planet's surface, in the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere.
Where does hydrology come from?: From hydro- + -ology.

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