Definition of Palaetiological. Meaning of Palaetiological. Synonyms of Palaetiological

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Definition of Palaetiological

Palaetiological
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.

Meaning of Palaetiological from wikipedia

- analysis of the historical sciences (or as Whewell termed them, the palaetiological sciences) will doubtless need to be modified, it provides a good starting...
- introduced) English term palæontology — suggested the alternative notion of "palætiological sciences" to denote "those researches in which the object is, to ascend...