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meteorologic

meteorologic

7.2
About the weather and the air around the Earth
  • adjective
  • /ˌmiːtiəroʊˈlɒdʒɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : meteorológico
  • The meteorologic conditions were perfect for flying a hot air balloon.

Examples

  • The meteorologic report predicted heavy rain for the weekend.

  • Meteorologic studies help us understand climate change and its effects.

  • Meteorologic data gave further support because it showed that there were many days with predominant easterly winds that could have taken contaminated dust particles to the persons living southwest of the farm.

    Academic text (2012)

Synonyms

meteorological
vsmeteorologic
17 6.3

About weather and conditions in the air

is an alternative less common adjectival form with identical meaning
meteoric
vsmeteorologic
  • Specialized
1 6.8

About weather and conditions in the air

focuses on the scientific study of weather rather than general phenomena

Surface Forms

meteorologic positive
meteorological positive

Morphology

meteorologic = meteorology (semi-transparent) = meteor + logy + ic

The adjective is directly formed from the technical base word 'meteorology' with the common suffix '-ic'.

Etymology

Meteorologic comes from Greek parts: meteor- meaning 'high in the air', the same root as the everyday word meteor, and -logic meaning 'study'. So meteorologic is about the study of things in the air, which is why it refers to weather and related phenomena.