See Also: oryctology(medicine)
oryctology(dictionary)

tephigram (iou) and oryctology (iou)


tephigram (iou)



tephigram noun. E20.
[from TEE noun1 (T being a symbol for temperature) + PHI (¦Õ being a symbol for entropy) + DIA)GRAM.]
Meteorology. A diagram in which one axis represents temperature and another potential temperature (as a measure of entropy), used to represent the thermodynamic state of the atmosphere at different heights.

oryctology (iou)



oryctology noun. obsolete exc. Hist. M18.
[from ORYCTO- + -LOGY.]
The branch of geology that deals with rocks, minerals, and fossils dug out of the earth.
orycto'logical adjective E19.
oryc'tologist noun L18.