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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms [syn: morphology, geomorphology]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -gies) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1893 1. a science that deals with the relief features of the earth or of another celestial body (as the moon) and seeks a genetic interpretation of them 2. the features dealt with in geomorphology • geomorphologist noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the study of the physical features of the surface of the earth and their relation to its geological structures. Derivatives: geomorphological adj. geomorphologist n.