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palaetiology


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Palaetiology  \Pa*l[ae]`ti*ol"o*gy\,  n.  [Pal[ae]o-  + 
  [ae]tiology.] 
  The  science  which  explains,  by  the  law  of  causation,  the  past 
  condition  and  changes  of  the  earth.  -- 
  {Pa*l[ae]`ti*o*log"ic*al},  a. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  palaetiology 
  n  :  the  explanation  of  past  events  in  terms  of  scientific  causes 
  (as  geological  causes)  [syn:  {paletiology}] 




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