GEOMORPHOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does geomorphology mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GEOMORPHOLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

geomorphology; morphology

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)