noun
any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts
• Hypernyms: ↑natural science
• Hyponyms:
↑paleontology, ↑palaeontology, ↑fossilology, ↑geology, ↑meteorology, ↑oceanography, ↑oceanology, ↑limnology, ↑geography, ↑geographics
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a science concerned with studying the earth or part of it. Geography and ↑geology are both earth sciences.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.