aeroscopy

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἁεροσκοπία (haeroskopía, “divination by observing the heavens”), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “I examine”). === Noun === aeroscopy (uncountable) (obsolete, meteorology) The branch of meteorology that involves the scientific examination of the various properties and composition of the atmosphere, and their variation (rare) divination by observation of the sky (zoology) aeroscepsy ==== Related terms ==== aeroscopic aeroscope ==== Translations ==== === References === “aeroscopy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. Noah Webster (1828), “aeroscopy”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume I (A–I), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “aeroscopy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. The Imperial dictionary, English, technological and scientific.., by John Ogilvie, 1850 Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases to Facilitate the Expression of Ideas, by Peter Mark Roget, 1853 Dictionary of geology and mineralogy, by William Humble, 1843 Dictionary of aviation, by Robert Morris Pierce, 1911