hydrogeologist
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8.6
- noun
- /ˌhaɪdroʊdʒiˈɑlədʒɪst/
- Specialized
- Some more current WPHA plans and maps were on file; the author located others by contacting WHPA plan engineers, hydrogeologists, the Washington State Department of Health, Evergreen Rural Water of Washington, the Nooksack Indian Tribe, and related agencies.
Examples
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Typically, groundwater is used locally, so the effects of localized pumping on a given region are the primary concern of hydrogeologists.
Academic text (2006) -
No, I am not a hydrogeologist, technically.
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Tomlinson is a project hydrogeologist.
Blog text (12) -
Each engineer or hydrogeologist who had completed a wellhead protection plan was contacted for possible electronic data.
Academic text (2003) -
We deal a lot in hydrology, just like we deal a lot in geology, but I would not call myself a hydrogeologist.
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You're not a hydrogeologist?
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Burke used to be a hydrogeologist, now works in advertising as a web developer, and he's donating his free time to the gay marriage issue because: "It's fundamental that people should have equal rights."
Blog text (14) -
For many decades, hydrogeologists and others have been making periodic calls for a nationwide program to obtain more systematic and comprehensive records of water levels in observation wells.
Academic text (2006) -
From consultant physicians, immunologists, epidemiologists, and hydrogeologists, the families had accumulated further evidence of adverse health effects, including cardiac problems and the eye-blink reflex caused by trichloroethylene.
Academic text (1993) -
The hydrogeologist analyzed the water samples to assess the quality of the groundwater.
Synonyms
2
7.5
A scientist who studies water on the ground, under the ground, and in rivers
Surface Forms
Morphology
hydrogeologist = hydrogeology (semi-transparent) = hydro + geo + log + ist
The form clearly builds on hydrogeology with the agentive suffix -ist, but the specialized groundwater-specific meaning is technical rather than fully obvious to a learner.
Etymology
Hydrogeologist breaks into hydro 'water', geo 'earth', and -logist 'one who studies'. So a hydrogeologist is a scientist who studies water under the ground, how it moves and whether it is safe.