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petrology

[ pi-trol-uh-jee ]

noun

  1. the scientific study of rocks, including petrography and petrogenesis.


petrology

/ ˌpɛtrəˈlɒdʒɪkəl; pɛˈtrɒlədʒɪ /

noun

  1. the study of the composition, origin, structure, and formation of rocks petrol
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petrology

/ ə-ٰŏə-ŧ /

  1. 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·Dzi· adjective
  • r·Dzi··ly adverb
  • ·ٰDZo· noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of petrology1

First recorded in 1805–15; petro- 1 + -logy
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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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