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2024
palaetiology
palaetiology
English
Noun
palaetiology
(
uncountable
)
The
science
that explains, by the law of
causation
, the past condition and changes of the
Earth
.
Related terms
palaetiological
Etymology
palaeo-
+
aetiology
. Coined by
William Whewell
.
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