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English
Etymology
From urano- + -ology.
Noun
uranology (usually uncountable, plural uranologies)
- (obsolete) The study of the heavens and heavenly bodies.
- (astronomy, geology) The scientific observation and study of the planet Uranus.
See also
References
- “uranology”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “uranology”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes V (Simular–Z), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.