petrology

Noun

Meaning

The department of science which is concerned with the mineralogical and chemical composition of rocks, and with their classification: lithology.

A treatise on petrology.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lithology report geology crystallography mineralogy earth science morphology papers reporting geomorphology geognosy petrography lithological petrologist geochemistry

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Hypernyms

morphology geomorphology

Related terms

petrography petrologist

Phrases with the word

igneous petrology metamorphic petrology sedimentary petrology

Anagrams

pterology reptology

Examples

Petrology Photomicrograph of a volcanic (basaltic) sand grain ; upper picture is plane-polarized light, bottom picture is cross-polarized light, scale box at left-center is 0.25 millimeter. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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