chorology

English

Etymology

choro- +‎ -logy

Noun

chorology (countable and uncountable, plural chorologies)

  1. The spatial equivalent to chronology; the science of determining the order in which places or regions occur or are constructed.
    • 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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