----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 8:12
PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Meteors and
meteorology
Check your dictionary!
Meteorology is from the Greek, meteoros, meaning high in the air, or
atmospheric phenomenon. Thus, meteor, for an event occurring in the
atmosphere.
Ed Majden - AMS Affiliate
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 3:27
PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Meteors and
meteorology
I received the following question but was
unable to provide a satisfactory response....anyone willing to give it a
shot?
Kim Y
My students have a question I cannot answer --
yet.
If a meteor is an moving object in the
universe, how did we chose the word meteorology for the study of
the atmosphere (and its relationship to weather) -- it seems that the two
words don't really have a relationship.
Thanks.
Bill
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Hi Bill,
Meteors and
meteorology, both have the same prefix. Prefix means an
element that is added to the beginning of the word. What comes next is what
makes the difference and the amount of the words that we have in a language.
For example: METEOR and METERology have good and different meanings. Meteor
is an phenomenon that comes from the cosmos, atmosphere in the general
understanding; and meteorology is the study of all phenomenan that comes
from the atmosphere.
Clear skies, Marco Valois