GEOMORPHOLOGY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms

Synonyms:

geomorphology; morphology

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

geophysical science; geophysics (geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "geomorphology"):

plate tectonic theory; plate tectonics; tectonics (the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust)

lithology; petrology (the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification)

Derivation:

geomorphologic; geomorphological (pertaining to geological structure)