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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἁεροσκοπία (haeroskopía, “divination by observing the heavens”), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “I examine”).
Noun
aeroscopy (uncountable)
- (obsolete, meteorology) The branch of meteorology that involves the scientific examination of the various properties and composition of the atmosphere, and their variation
- (rare) divination by observation of the sky
- (zoology) aeroscepsy
Translations
References
- “aeroscopy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- aeroscopy in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- “aeroscopy”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- The Imperial dictionary, English, technological and scientific.., by John Ogilvie, 1850
- Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases to Facilitate the Expression of Ideas, by Peter Mark Roget, 1853
- Dictionary of geology and mineralogy, by William Humble, 1843
- Dictionary of aviation, by Robert Morris Pierce, 1911