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tidology

noun

  1. the study or science that treats of the tides
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From tide + -ology, Coined by English polymath William Whewell.

  1. The science of tides.

    He referred mainly to his tidology when he applied for the Lowndean professorship of astronomy, which had become vacant that fall.