OXFORD DICTIONARY
geology, n.
1 the science of the earth, including the composition, structure, and origin of its rocks.
2 this science applied to any other planet or celestial body.
3 the geological features of a district.
geologic adj. geological adj. geologically adv. geologist n. geologize v.tr. & intr. (also -ise).
mod.L geologia (as GEO-, -LOGY)
DEVIL DICTIONARY
geology
n. The science of the earth's crust -- to which, doubtless,
will be added that of its interior whenever a man shall come up
garrulous out of a well. The geological formations of the globe
already noted are catalogued thus: The Primary, or lower one,
consists of rocks, bones or mired mules, gas-pipes, miners' tools,
antique statues minus the nose, Spanish doubloons and ancestors. The
Secondary is largely made up of red worms and moles. The Tertiary
comprises railway tracks, patent pavements, grass, snakes, mouldy
boots, beer bottles, tomato cans, intoxicated citizens, garbage,
anarchists, snap-dogs and fools.
THESAURUS
geology
cosmical
geology, crystallography, dynamic
geology, geodesy, geodetics, geodynamics, geognosy, geographics, geography, geological chemistry, geological engineering, geomorphogeny, geomorphology, geophysics, geoscopy, geotectonic
geology, historical
geology, hydrogeology, mineralogical chemistry, mineralogy, mining engineering, mining
geology, paleontological
geology, pedology, petrochemistry, petrography, petrology, physical geography, physical
geology, physiographic
geology, physiography, soil mechanics, soil science, stratigraphic
geology, stratigraphy
ROGET THESAURUS
geology
Inorganization
N
inorganization, mineral world, mineral kingdom, unorganized matter, inorganic matter, brute matter, inanimate matter, mineralogy,
geology, geognosy, geoscopy, metallurgy, metallography, lithology, oryctology, oryctography, inorganic, inanimate, inorganized, lithoidal, azoic, mineral.