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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)

  1. 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
  2. (biology) The study of the spatial distribution of organisms.