Petrology

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The branch of geology that deals with the origin, composition, structure, and alteration of rocks.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the study of the origin, composition and structure of rock
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The department of science which is concerned with the mineralogical and chemical composition of rocks, and with their classification: lithology.
  • n. A treatise on petrology.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The study of rocks from the point of view of their mineralogical composition; lithology; petrography. By some this term is used in a more limited sense. See the quotation, and also petrography.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    morphology    geomorphology   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Egyptology    Scientology    anesthesiology    anthology    anthropology   
     
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