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Meaning of geognosy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The geological study of the Earth's structure and composition.

historical, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Polski geognozja

Examples

“Some writers divide Geology into two branches; 1. Geognosy, or Positive Geology, which embraces only the known facts of the science. 2. Geogony, or Speculative Geology, which attempts to point out the causes of those facts, and the inferences that result from them.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

geogony Geographer Geographers Geographic geographic atrophy geographic bachelor

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