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petralogy

petralogy is the archaic form of petrology.

Meaning of petrology

Noun

petrology (usually uncountable, plural petrologies)

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

Questions about petralogy

What is petralogy the archaic form of?
Petralogy is the archaic form of petrology.

Words near petralogy in the dictionary

  1. petrale sole
  2. petrale soles
  3. petrales
  4. Petralia
  5. Petralias
  6. petralogy
  7. Petrarca
  8. Petrarcas
  9. Petrarch
  10. Petrarchal
  11. Petrarchan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: petralogy (page history and authors); petrology (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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