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meteorology

/ˌmiːtiəˈrɒlədʒi/noun

उच्चारण मीटिअरॉलजी

मौसम-विज्ञान

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    the scientific study of the earth's atmosphere and its changes, used especially in forecasting the weather

    मौसम-विज्ञान

    • Satellites have made meteorology far more accurate.
    • Weather forecasts today depend on meteorology and the data collected by radar.
    • The Meteorology Department forecasts the arrival of the monsoon.
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    • Aditi chose to study meteorology at university.
    • Advances in meteorology help farmers plan their sowing.
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me·te·or·ol·o·gy

With -teoro- (not 'meterology' or 'meteorolgy'); despite the name, it has nothing to do with meteors.

बीच में -teoro- ('meterology' या 'meteorolgy' गलत है); नाम के बावजूद इसका meteors (उल्काओं) से कोई संबंध नहीं।

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One-word substitution

One-word substitution, asked very often: the study of weather and the atmosphere is meteorology; the expert is a meteorologist; the study of earthquakes seismology; of rocks geology; of oceans oceanography; of climate over a long period climatology.

यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: मौसम और वायुमंडल का अध्ययन meteorology; विशेषज्ञ meteorologist; भूकंपों का अध्ययन seismology; चट्टानों का geology; महासागरों का oceanography; लंबी अवधि की जलवायु का climatology।

General knowledge

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) was set up in 1875.

भारत मौसम विज्ञान विभाग (IMD) 1875 में बना।