Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

palaeoclimatology

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables: palaeo-cli-ma-tol-o-gy
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The scientific study of prehistoric climate of the Earth.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…]the conference will host an international lineup of climate scientists and researchers who will focus on four broad areas: climatology, paleoclimatology, the impact of climate change, and climate-change politics and economics."
"Paleoclimatology -- the study of ice cores and ocean sediment cores -- indicates that the planet is warming 10 times fast than the average warming following an ice age, she added."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der.? Ancient Greek πάλαι (pálai) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English palaeo- English climatology English palaeoclimatology From palaeo- + climatology.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

paleoclimatology (alternative) palæoclimatology (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

paleoclimatologist

Synonyms

paleoclimatology

Questions

What does palaeoclimatology mean?: The scientific study of prehistoric climate of the Earth.
Where does palaeoclimatology come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der.? Ancient Greek πάλαι (pálai) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English palaeo- English climatology English palaeoclimatology From palaeo- + climatology.

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