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