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petroline |
petrologic |
petrological |
petrologically |
petrologist |
Petrology
| petromastoid
| petromyzon
| petromyzon marinus
| petromyzoniformes
| petromyzont
Petrology
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Petrology has 1 sense
- petrology(n = noun.cognition) lithology - the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification; Array is a kind of geomorphology, morphology
CIDE DICTIONARY
Petrology, n. [Petro + -logy.].
- The department of science which is concerned with the mineralogical and chemical composition of rocks, and with their classification: lithology. [1913 Webster]
- A treatise on petrology. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Petrology, n. the study of the origin, structure, composition, etc., of rocks.
Derivative
petrologic adj. petrological adj. petrologist n.
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