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Webster 1913 Edition
Chorology
Cho-rol′o-gy
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] place +
-logy
.] (Biol.)
The science which treats of the laws of distribution of living organisms over the earth’s surface as to latitude, altitude, locality, etc.
Its distribution or
chorology
. Huxley.
Definition 2024
chorology
chorology
English
Noun
chorology (countable and uncountable, plural chorologies)
- The spatial equivalent to chronology; the science of determining the order in which places or regions occur or are constructed.
- While chronology refers to the study of time, chorology refers to the study of regions/places. - "Place, A Short Introduction", by Tim Cresswell
- (biology) The study of the spatial distribution of organisms.