PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does palaeoclimatology mean? 

• PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY (noun)
  The noun PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY has 1 sense:

1. the study of the climate of past ages

  Familiarity information: PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The study of the climate of past ages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

palaeoclimatology; paleoclimatology

Hypernyms ("palaeoclimatology" is a kind of...):

archaeology; archeology (the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures)