geoscience
/ˈdʒiːəʊsaɪəns/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈdʒiːəʊsaɪəns/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌjē-ō-ˈsī-ən(t)s/ (ame, mw)
geoscience — noun
1. any academic field that studies the physical structure, materials, or history of
any academic field that studies the physical structure, materials, or history of the Earth — for example, geology, which looks at rocks and the layers under the ground, or geochemistry and geophysics, which study what the Earth is made of and how it moves.
Aarav chose geoscience as his major because he loved climbing volcanoes as a child.
subject area in academic study: major in geoscience
The university opened a new geoscience building next to the chemistry labs last autumn.
institutional collocation: geoscience department / building / programme
Many advances in oil and water exploration come from research in the geosciences.
Hiro spent ten years in geoscience before moving into climate policy work.
Schools in coastal towns often add basic geoscience lessons about earthquakes and tides.
- earth science
near-identical meaning; more common in everyday writing, while 'geoscience' is preferred in university and industry contexts.
- geology
narrower — geology is one branch of geoscience, focused on rocks and the Earth's solid layers.
文法句型
the geosciences
a branch of geoscience
用法筆記
Frequently appears in the plural form 'the geosciences' when naming the family of related fields (geology, geophysics, geochemistry, oceanography). Subject is usually an institution, a programme of study, or a researcher.