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hydrology

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The science of the properties, distribution, and effects of water on a planet's surface, in the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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noun

Meaning 2

The properties, distribution, and flows of water in a specific locale; the hydrological characteristics of a particular place or region.

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Usage: uncountable, usually

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noun

Meaning 3

the branch of geology that studies water on the earth and in the atmosphere: its distribution and uses and conservation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: geophysics, geophysical science

History

Etymology

From hydro- + -ology.

Across languages

Translations

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عِلْم المِيَاهِيَّات (ʕilm al-miyāhiyyāt) — science related to water
  • Armenian: ջրաբանություն (ǰrabanutʻyun) — science related to water
  • Asturian: hidroloxía — science related to water
  • Belarusian: гідрало́гія (hidralóhija) — science related to water
  • Burmese: ဇလဗေဒ (ja.la.beda.) — science related to water
  • Catalan: hidrologia — science related to water
  • Chinese Mandarin: 水文學 /水文学 (shuǐwénxué) — science related to water
  • Chuvash: гидрологи (gidrologi) — science related to water
  • Czech: hydrologie — science related to water
  • Danish: hydrologi — science related to water
  • Dutch: hydrologie — science related to water
  • Dutch: waterkunde — science related to water
  • Esperanto: hidrologio — science related to water
  • Esperanto: akvoscienco — science related to water
  • Estonian: hüdroloogia — science related to water
  • Faroese: vatnfrøði — science related to water
  • Finnish: hydrologia — science related to water
  • Finnish: vesitiede — science related to water
  • French: hydrologie — science related to water
  • Galician: hidroloxía — science related to water
  • German: Hydrologie — science related to water
  • Greek: υδρολογία (ydrología) — science related to water
  • Gujarati: જળવિજ્ઞાન (jaḷvijñān) — science related to water
  • Hawaiian: kālaiwai — science related to water
  • Hindi: जलविज्ञान (jalvijñān) — science related to water
  • Hungarian: hidrológia — science related to water
  • Hungarian: víztan — science related to water
  • Icelandic: vatnafræði — science related to water
  • Icelandic: vatnsfræði — science related to water
  • Ido: hidrologio — science related to water
  • Indonesian: hidrologi — science related to water
  • Irish: hidreolaíocht — science related to water
  • Italian: idrologia — science related to water
  • Japanese: 水文学 (suimongaku) — science related to water
  • Khmer: ជលវិទ្យា (jol vit tyea) — science related to water
  • Korean: 수문학 (sumunhak) — science related to water
  • Latin: hydrologia — science related to water
  • Latvian: hidroloģija — science related to water
  • Malagasy: haibolan-dranoka — science related to water
  • Malay: hidrologi — science related to water
  • Māori: mātai arowai — science related to water
  • Marathi: जलविज्ञान (jalvijñān) — science related to water
  • Mongolian: ус судлал (us sudlal) — science related to water
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hydrologi — science related to water
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hydrologi — science related to water
  • Persian: هیدرولوژی — science related to water
  • Polish: hydrologia — science related to water
  • Portuguese: hidrologia — science related to water
  • Romanian: hidrologie — science related to water
  • Russian: гидроло́гия (gidrológija) — science related to water
  • Slovene: hidrologija — science related to water
  • Spanish: hidrología — science related to water
  • Swahili: haidrolojia — science related to water
  • Swedish: vattenlära — science related to water
  • Swedish: hydrologi — science related to water
  • Tagalog: idrolohiya — science related to water
  • Tajik: обшиносӣ (obšinosi) — science related to water
  • Tamil: நீரியல் (nīriyal) — science related to water
  • Thai: อุทกวิทยา — science related to water
  • Turkish: su bilimi — science related to water
  • Ottoman Turkish: مبحث المیاه (mebhasüʼl-miyâh) — science related to water
  • Ukrainian: гідроло́гія (hidrolóhija) — science related to water
  • Urdu: مائیات (māiyāt) — science related to water
  • Vietnamese: thủy văn học — science related to water
  • Vietnamese: thuỷ văn học — science related to water
Real reading context

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