petrology
/pɪˈtɹɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/US/pəˈtɹɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/
petrology noun: the study of the origin, composition and structure of rock.
Noun
petrology (usually uncountable, plural petrologies)
- The study of the origin, composition and structure of rock.
petrology meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
petrology in Hindi
- petrology
- शैलिकी śailikī
petrology in Tamil
- the study of rock
- பாறையியல் pāṟaiyiyal
petrology in Bengali
- শিলাবিজ্ঞান, শিলার উৎপত্তি, গঠন
petrology in Malayalam
- the study of rock
- ശിലാവിജ്ഞാനം śilāvijñānaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- petrology in Kannada
- ಶಿಲಾವಿಜ್ಞಾನ, ಶಿಲಾಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ
- petrology in Tagalog
- dalubbatuhan
- petrology in Vietnamese
- thạch luận
Forms of petrology
| plural | petrologies |
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Origin of petrology
From petro- + -logy.
Words formed from petrology
Questions about petrology
- What does petrology mean?
- Petrology means the study of the origin, composition and structure of rock.
- What is petrology in Hindi?
- Petrology in Hindi is शैलिकी (śailikī). See Petrology meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is petrology?
- Petrology is a noun.
- How do you pronounce petrology?
- Petrology is pronounced /pɪˈtɹɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of petrology?
- The plural of petrology is petrologies.
Words near petrology in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: petrology (page history and authors); शैलिकी (Hindi) (page history and authors); petrology (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); petrology (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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