-ology, -logy, -ologist, -logist
(Greek: a suffix meaning: to talk, to speak; a branch of knowledge; any science or academic field that ends in -ology which is a variant of -logy; a person who speaks in a certain manner; someone who deals with certain topics or subjects)
The word -ology is a back-formation from the names of certain disciplines. The -logy element basically means "the study of ____". Such words are formed from Greek or Latin roots with the terminal -logy derived from the Greek suffix -λογια (-logia), speaking, from λεγειν (legein), "to speak".
The suffix -ology is considered to be misleading sometimes as when the "o" is actually part of the word stem that receives the -logy ending; such as, bio + logy.
Through the years -ology and -logy have come to mean, "study of" or "science of" and either of these suffixes often utilize the form of -ologist, "one who (whatever the preceding element refers to)".
The examples shown in this unit represent just a small fraction of the many words that exist in various dictionaries.
technologist
Someone who is versed in technology.
technology
1. The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes; the employment of tools, machines, materials, and processes to do work, produce goods, perform services, or to carry out other useful activities.
2. A discourse or treatise on an art or arts; the scientific study of the practical or industrial arts.
3. The terminology of a particular art or subject; technical nomenclature.
4. The study, development, and application of devices, machines, and techniques for manufacturing and productive processes.
5. In general, any use of objects by humans to do work or otherwise alter their environment.
6. When the word technology is said to have appeared first in 1615, it meant "discourse or treatise on the arts", and was borrowed from Greek technologia, "the systematic treatment of an art, craft, or technique"; originally referring to grammar.
2. A discourse or treatise on an art or arts; the scientific study of the practical or industrial arts.
3. The terminology of a particular art or subject; technical nomenclature.
4. The study, development, and application of devices, machines, and techniques for manufacturing and productive processes.
5. In general, any use of objects by humans to do work or otherwise alter their environment.
6. When the word technology is said to have appeared first in 1615, it meant "discourse or treatise on the arts", and was borrowed from Greek technologia, "the systematic treatment of an art, craft, or technique"; originally referring to grammar.
The transferred sense of "science of the mechanical and industrial arts" and "practical arts collectively", is first recorded in English in 1859.
technology innovation
The process through which new, or improved, technologies are developed and brought into widespread use.
In the energy field, technology innovation has helped expand energy supplies through improved exploration and recovery techniques, increased efficiency of energy conversion and end-use, improved availability and quality of energy services, and reduced environmental impacts of energy extraction, conversion, and use.
technology transfer
The broad set of processes encompassing the movement of knowledge, techniques, capital, and goods among different people.
tegestology
teleologist
teleology
1. The study of design, ultimate causes, or purposes in natural phenomena.
2. The use of an ultimate purpose or design as a means of explaining phenomena.
3. Belief in or the perception of purposeful development toward an end, as in nature or history.
4. An activity that tends toward, or strives for, the achievement of a goal.
2. The use of an ultimate purpose or design as a means of explaining phenomena.
3. Belief in or the perception of purposeful development toward an end, as in nature or history.
4. An activity that tends toward, or strives for, the achievement of a goal.
telmatology
The study of wetlands, swamps, and marshy areas.
tenology
The science or study of that part of the anatomy which relates to the tendons.
tenontology
1. The sum of what is known regarding the tendons.
2. The branch of science that studies and specializes in knowledge regarding the tendons.
2. The branch of science that studies and specializes in knowledge regarding the tendons.
The dating of volcanic eruptions and other events by studying layers of tephra: The geochronological method of tephrochronology utilizes individual layers of volcanic ash from one eruption to form a system whereby archaeological records can be categorized. .
teratological
1. In medicine, a reference to the study of birth defects and their causes.
2. Referring to that division of embryology and pathology that deals with abnormal development and congenital bodily malformations.
3. Used in biology to denote the study and science of malformations and abnormal growths in animals and plants.
4. Descriptive of the study of monstrosities or abnormal formations in animals or plants; involving monstrosity, monstrous.
2. Referring to that division of embryology and pathology that deals with abnormal development and congenital bodily malformations.
3. Used in biology to denote the study and science of malformations and abnormal growths in animals and plants.
4. Descriptive of the study of monstrosities or abnormal formations in animals or plants; involving monstrosity, monstrous.
teratologist
A specialist in teratology.
teratology
A vocabulary or language which is particular to a specific occupation or work: Political terminology is littered with expressions; such as, "transparency", "complete disclosure", "I assure you", etc.
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Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "talk, speak, speech; words, language; tongue, etc.":
cit-;
clam-;
dic-;
fa-;
-farious;
glosso-;
glotto-;
lalo-;
linguo-;
locu-;
logo-;
loqu-;
mythico-;
ora-;
-phasia;
-phemia;
phon-;
phras-;
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Quotes: Language, Part 2;
Quotes: Language, Part 3;
serm-;
tongue;
voc-.
