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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 palaetiology, Pa·læ·ti·ol·o·gy 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 of scientific causes, such as geological causes. -- Pa*læ*ti*o*log*ic*al a.
 Syn: -- paletiology.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 palaetiology
      n : the explanation of past events in terms of scientific causes
          (as geological causes) [syn: paletiology]