chorology

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English

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Etymology

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From choro- +‎ -logy.

Noun

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chorology (countable and uncountable, plural chorologies)

  1. The spatial equivalent of chronology; the science of determining the order in which places or regions occur or are constructed.
    • 2004, Tim Cresswell, Place, A Short Introduction:
      While chronology refers to the study of time, chorology refers to the study of regions/places.
  2. (biology) The study of the spatial distribution of organisms.

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