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