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hydrogeology en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)lbor. English hydro- English geology English hydrogeology From hydro- + geology.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The geology of groundwater, especially concerning the physical, biological and chemical properties of its occurrence and movement.
    • This issue led to an interim battle among the parties to exclude various expert witnesses regarding the aquifer's hydrogeology and a five-day evidentiary hearing before Special Master Eugene Siler in May 2019. 2021 October 1, Robin Craig, “In term-opener, justices will hear Mississippi’s complaint that Tennessee is stealing its groundwater”, in SCOTUSblog:

Forms

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Deriveds

hydrogeologist

Translations (12)

fi hydrogeologia (the geology of groundwater) · ja 水文地質学者 (the geology of groundwater) · de Hydrogeologie (the geology of groundwater) · km ជលធរណីវិទ្យា (the geology of groundwater) · ru гидрогеология (the geology of groundwater) · gl hidroxeoloxía (the geology of groundwater) · fr hydrogéologie (the geology of groundwater) · pl hydrogeologia (the geology of groundwater) · fi geohydrologia (the geology of groundwater) · cs hydrogeologie (the geology of groundwater) · ga hidrigeolaíocht (the geology of groundwater) · ka ჰიდროგეოლოგია (the geology of groundwater)