Definition of "oceanology" [o•cean•ol•o•gy]

• See oceanography. (noun)

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• "As an island nation surrounded by the ocean, "we fully know the breadth of marine oceanology," she said."
• "I'm like hey, I didn't come here to get an oceanology degree."
• "Because oceanography deals with the physical/biological properties and phenomena of the sea and oceanology is the branch of technology and economics dealing with human use of the sea."