petrology

English

WOTD – 23 February 2012

Etymology

From petro- +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɛˈtɹɒlədʒi/

Noun

petrology (usually uncountable, plural petrologies)

(geology) The study of the origin, composition and structure of rock.

Related terms

Translations

the study of rock

Catalan: petrologia f
Danish: petrologi (da) c
Dutch: steenkunde f
Finnish: petrologia (fi)
French: pétrologie (fr) f
Galician: petroloxía f

German: Petrologie f, Gesteinskunde f
Italian: petrologia (it) f
Norwegian: petrologi m
Portuguese: petrologia f
Spanish: petrología (es) f
Tagalog: dalubbatuhan

Anagrams

pterology

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