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petrology
[pi-trol-uh-jee]
noun
the scientific study of rocks, including petrography and petrogenesis.
petrology
/ ˌpɛtrəˈlɒdʒɪkəl, pɛˈtrɒlədʒɪ /
noun
petrol.the study of the composition, origin, structure, and formation of rocks
petrology
The scientific study of the origin, composition, and structure of rocks.
Other Word Forms
- petrologic adjective
- petrological adjective
- petrologically adverb
- petrologist noun
- ˌٰˈDz adverb
- ˈٰDZDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of petrology1
Example Sentences
“But the petrology is interesting and special regardless,” she says.
The mining, the petrology, the archaeology — the artistically gifted, straight-F student, trying to live up to his brilliant, academic, domineering father.
It “taught us about hot spot volcanism, about volcano seismology, geodesy, petrology, volcanic structure, hazard mitigation, gas geochemistry, and magmatic plumbing.”
Chemists get in on the mystery, petrology is born, and the true secret behind melted earth is discovered.
Metamorphic petrology is no easy material for popular science.
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