Definition of ground for Students. 1  1 : the surface of the earth Leaves fell to the ground. 2  2 : 2soil 1, earth The beans themselves popped out of the ground. 3  3 : the bottom of a body of water The boat struck ground.  4 : an area of land sacred 1  ground. 5 : an area used for some purpose a hunting ground.
Ethnology is the branch of anthropology that involves comparative study of cultures and the analysis of that data to propose theoretical frameworks for better understanding cultural phenomena. Ethnographies are the studies that provide the raw data which ethnology analyzes to develop theories of culture.
Ethnology is a specialized discipline within the larger field of anthropology. Within this discipline, the identifying characteristics of a particular cultural or ethnic group are studied in detail, with an eye toward understanding how each of those elements shape the internal function of that group.