Associations to the word «Aerology»

Wiktionary

AEROLOGY, noun. The branch of meteorology involving the observation of the atmosphere by means of balloons, airplanes, etc.
AEROLOGY, noun. The study of the air and of the atmosphere. Used in the US Navy until early 1957. The same as meteorology; however, this usage tended to be more administrative than scientific.

Dictionary definition

AEROLOGY, noun. Meteorology of the total extent of the atmosphere; especially the upper layers.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats