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Webster 1913 Edition
Aeroscopy
Aˊër-os′co-py
,Noun.
[
Aëro-
+ Gr. [GREEK] a looking out; [GREEK] to spy out.] The observation of the state and variations of the atmosphere.
Webster 1828 Edition
Aeroscopy
AEROS'COPY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
aeroscopy
aeroscopy
English
Noun
aeroscopy (uncountable)
- (obsolete, meteorology) The branch of meteorology that involves the scientific examination of the various properties and composition of the atmosphere, and their variation
- (rare) divination by observation of the sky
- (zoology) aeroscepsy
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References
- aeroscopy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “aeroscopy” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- aeroscopy in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- The Imperial dictionary, English, technological and scientific.., by John Ogilvie, 1850
- Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases to Facilitate the Expression of Ideas, by Peter Mark Roget, 1853
- Dictionary of geology and mineralogy, by William Humble, 1843
- Dictionary of aviation, by Robert Morris Pierce, 1911