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paedology

paedology is the alternative spelling of pedology.

Meaning of pedology

Noun (1)

pedology (uncountable)

  1. The sub-discipline of soil science that studies soils as a component of natural systems or deals with soil genesis and soil classification, or studies the soil profiles or solum in its natural setting.

Noun (2)

pedology (uncountable)

  1. The study of the behaviour and development of children.

Questions about paedology

What is paedology the alternative spelling of?
Paedology is the alternative spelling of pedology.

Words near paedology in the dictionary

  1. paedolinguistic
  2. paedolinguistics
  3. paedological
  4. paedologist
  5. paedologists
  6. paedology
  7. paedometer
  8. paedometers
  9. paedomorph
  10. paedomorphic
  11. paedomorphically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paedology (page history and authors); pedology (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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