Associations to the word «Geology»

Wiktionary

GEOLOGY, noun. The science that studies the structure of the earth (or other planets), together with its origin and development, especially by examination of its rocks.
GEOLOGY, noun. The geological structure of a region.

Dictionary definition

GEOLOGY, noun. A science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks.

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