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Weather

Meaning in geology & earth sciences, with examples

/ˈweðər/nounCore term

In geology & earth sciences, weather means: The state of the atmosphere at a particular place and time, such as temperature, wind, cloud, humidity and precipitation over hours or days.

In Turkish: hava, hava durumu

How it is used

Used in meteorology, fieldwork planning and daily life: weather forecast, weather conditions, bad weather, weather station. 'Weather' is uncountable: 'the weather was bad', never 'a bad weather'.

Example sentences

  1. We cancelled the field trip because of bad weather in the mountains.

  2. Check the weather forecast before you go out to the outcrop.

Common collocations

  • weather forecast
  • weather conditions
  • bad weather
  • weather station
  • extreme weather
  • climateThe typical weather of a region over a long period, usually averaged over 30 years, including temperature, rainfall and wind.
  • atmosphereThe layer of gases surrounding the Earth, held in place by gravity. It is mostly nitrogen and oxygen, and weather happens in its lowest layer, the troposphere.
  • humidityThe amount of water vapour in the air, usually given as relative humidity: the percentage of the maximum amount the air can hold at that temperature.
  • frontThe boundary between two air masses with different temperature and humidity. When a cold or warm front passes, it often brings cloud, rain and a change in wind.
  • atmospheric pressureThe pressure caused by the weight of the air above a surface. At sea level it averages about 1013 hectopascals, and it falls as you go higher.

More terms: Weather & Climate

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