hydrognosyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From hydro- +‎ -gnosy.

名詞

hydrognosy (uncountable)

1. (rare) The scientific description of the waters of the Earth.
   • 1891 January 9, “Notes: Artesian Wells in the United States”, in W. H. Maw, J. Dredge, editors, Engineering, volume 51, London: Offices for Advertisements and Publication, page 48:

     Taking into consideration the time employed, the series of reports must prove of decided economic value. They form a positive contribution to the science of hydrognosy, or the phenomena of earth waters, besides illustrating the possibility of an extensive agricultural utilisation of such valuable supplies.

   • 1939 February, “Recent work in agricultural science”, in Howard Lawton Knight, editor, Experment Station Record, volume 80, number 2, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, page 153:

     This is a brief review of past achievements, with suggested lines for future research in the field of hydrology in its broader sense, including hydrography, hydrognosy, hydrogeology, and hydrometeorology.

   • 1972 June, Alan Caillou, Assault on Fellawi, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, page 11:

     I have a Doctorate in Hydrogeology, and the work I wrote some years ago on Hydrognosy has become a standard reference, so I was starting off with the proper knowledge, and I pointed to the great blue rocks and said: “Over by the rocks there, there’ll be waddies, gullies, cracks in the earth that’ll give us a little shade to rest up in for a while. If we’re lucky, we might even find a water hole.”

Further reading

• “hydrognosy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.