orological

English

Etymology

Compare French orologique.

Adjective

orological (not comparable)

(obsolete, rare) Of or pertaining to orology.
- 1781, The Monthly Review, volume 65, page 553:
  On leaving Switzerland, one of the most mountainous parts of the world, he sums up the general result of the orological observations he made there; which, backed and supported by Scheuchzer's map of Switzerland, led him to conclude, that the Helvetic mountains have no regular direction […]

References

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

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