English > meteorology: 2 senses > noun 2, cognition| Meaning | The earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather). |
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| Category of | advection | (meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties |
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| anabatic | Of an air current or wind |
| anticyclone | (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center |
| anticyclonic | Of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a high pressure center |
| bar | (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter |
| broken | discontinuous |
| ceiling | (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds |
| clear | Free from clouds or mist or haze |
| cloudy | Full of or covered with clouds |
| convection | (meteorology) the vertical movement of heat / heat or other properties by massive motion within the atmosphere |
| cyclone | (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center |
| cyclonic, cyclonal, cyclonical | Of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center |
| front | (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses |
| frontal | Of or relating to the front of an advancing mass of air |
| isobar | (meteorology) an isogram connecting points / points having equal barometric pressure at a given time |
| isotherm | (meteorology) an isogram connecting points / points having the same temperature at a given time |
| katabatic, catabatic | Of an air current or wind |
| meteorology, weather forecasting | predicting what the weather will be |
| occluded front, occlusion | (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft |
| visual range | distance at which a given standard object can be seen with the unaided eye |
| weather, weather condition, conditions, atmospheric condition | The atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation |
| weather map, weather chart | (meteorology) a map showing the principal meteorological elements at a given time and over an extended region |
| Narrower | aerology | meteorology of the total extent of the atmosphere |
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| climatology | meteorology of climates and their phenomena |
| nephology | The branch of meteorology that studies clouds and cloud formation |
| Broader | earth science | Any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts |
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| Spanish | meteorologia, meteorología |
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| Catalan | meteorologia |
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| Adjectives | meteorologic, meteorological, meteoric | of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions |
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| Nouns | meteorologist | a specialist who studies processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions |
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