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# geological

«geological» in Mova's school dictionary: **To do with geology, the science of the Earth's rocks…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (geological)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To do with geology, the science of the Earth's rocks, soil, layers and how they formed and changed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geological/#m1)

2) To do with very long stretches of Earth's history, millions of years long: geological time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geological/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and geography lessons it appears in rock cycle work, fossils, volcanoes and maps: a geological map shows which rocks are where. «Geological time» shows that mountains and canyons take millions of years to form. Phrases: geological time, geological map, geological survey, geological feature.

### examples

- The Grand Canyon is a famous geological feature. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geological/#x1)
- A geological map shows the rocks under the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geological/#x2)
- Fossils help scientists understand geological time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geological/#x3)
- The Giant's Causeway in Ireland is a geological wonder of basalt columns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geological/#x4)
- In geological terms, humans arrived only a moment ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geological/#x5)
- The geological survey found coal under the hills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geological/#x6)
- Rocks form layers over geological ages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geological/#x7)
- It was a geological book, containing an account of the boulders. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geological/#x8)

### note

Stress: jee-uh-LOJ-ik-ul. From «geology» (geo = earth, -logy = study). A geologist is the scientist. «Geographical» is different: it is about places, maps, countries and people as well as land.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «geological» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geological/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.