chorology
English
Etymology
choro- + -logy
Noun
chorology (countable and uncountable, plural chorologies)
- The spatial equivalent to chronology; the science of determining the order in which places or regions occur or are constructed.
- Tim Cresswell, Place, A Short Introduction
- While chronology refers to the study of time, chorology refers to the study of regions/places.
- Tim Cresswell, Place, A Short Introduction
- (biology) The study of the spatial distribution of organisms.