hyetology

Aug. 20th, 2009 07:31 am
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hyetology - n., the branch of meteorology that deals with precipitation.


Listed as "rare" even in a glossary of meteorology, so use it only as often as appropriate. Since we're in our rainy season, this was SUPPOSED to be appropriate, but we're in a dry spell for the week. Pronounced HEYE-i-tol-uh-jee, coined from Greek roots, from hyetós, rain, from hýein, to rain.

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