Home › Words › T › tidologytidologytidology means the science of tides.EtymologyFrom tide + -ology, Coined by English polymath William Whewell.nounThe science of tides.e.g.“He referred mainly to his tidology when he applied for the Lowndean professorship of astronomy, which had become vacant that fall.” — 2009, Michael S. Reidy, Tides of History: Ocean Science and Her Majesty's Navy, page 269:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).