lithology
lithology noun: the study of rocks, with particular emphasis on their description and classification.
Noun
lithology (countable and uncountable, plural lithologies)
- The study of rocks, with particular emphasis on their description and classification.
- The general composition of a rock or rock sequence.
- The ‘monomict’ meteorites are samples of a single lithology while the polymict meteorites are those containing two or more lithologies.1983, Jeremy S. Delaney et al., “The Nomenclature of Polymict Basaltic Achondrites”, in Meteoritics & Planetary Science, volume 18, number 2, →DOI
lithology meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Kannada
lithology in Hindi
- the study of rocks
- आश्मिकी āśmikī
lithology in Tamil
- பாறை அமைப்பு, உடல்கல் இயல்
lithology in Kannada
- ಶಿಲಾಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ
Forms of lithology
| plural | lithologies |
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Origin of lithology
From litho- + -ology.
Words formed from lithology
Questions about lithology
- What does lithology mean?
- Lithology means the study of rocks, with particular emphasis on their description and classification.
- What is lithology in Hindi?
- Lithology in Hindi is आश्मिकी (āśmikī). See Lithology meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lithology?
- Lithology is a noun.
- What is the plural of lithology?
- The plural of lithology is lithologies.
Words near lithology in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: lithology (page history and authors); lithology (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lithology (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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