petrography
petrography noun: the branch of petrology that deals with the scientific description and classification of rocks.
Noun
petrography (countable and uncountable, plural petrographies)
- The branch of petrology that deals with the scientific description and classification of rocks.
- The art of writing on stone.
petrography meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
petrography in Tamil
- பாறைவகுப்பியல்
petrography in Malayalam
- ശിലാവർണന
Forms of petrography
| plural | petrographies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | petrog. |
| alternative form | petrogr. |
Origin of petrography
From petro- + -graphy.
Words formed from petrography
Words that rhyme with petrography
- geography
- choreography
- orthography
- topography
- chirography
- hagiography
- heliography
- phonography
- semiography
- acrography
- autography
- bibliography
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- cacography
- chromography
- demography
- discography
- iconography
- isography
- logography
- ludography
- metallography
- micrography
- paleography
- pantography
- pornography
- scenography
- typography
- videography
- aerography
- archaeography
- arteriography
- arthrography
- autobiography
- autohagiography
- biogeography
- biography
- cartography
- cerography
- chronography
- cinematography
- cosmography
- crystallography
- dactylography
- demonography
- dittography
- electrography
- enterography
- ethnography
- etymography
- exogeography
- fluorography
- galvanography
- glossography
- heterography
- historiography
- homography
- horologiography
- ichnography
- laryngography
- mechanography
Questions about petrography
- What does petrography mean?
- Petrography means the branch of petrology that deals with the scientific description and classification of rocks.
- What is petrography in Tamil?
- Petrography in Tamil is பாறைவகுப்பியல். See Petrography meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is petrography?
- Petrography is a noun.
- What is the plural of petrography?
- The plural of petrography is petrographies.
Words near petrography in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: petrography (page history and authors); petrography (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); petrography (Malayalam 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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