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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

palaetiology

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01 n. The science which explains, by the law of causation, the past condition and changes of the earth; the explanation of past events in terms o…
  1. 1.
    The science which explains, by the law of causation, the past condition and changes of the earth; the explanation of past events in terms of scientific causes, such as geological causes.
Syn. paletiology.