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petrophysics

petrophysics noun: the physics of rock, especially rock that acts as a reservoir for petroleum or other fluids.

Noun

petrophysics (uncountable)

  1. The physics of rock, especially rock that acts as a reservoir for petroleum or other fluids

Origin of petrophysics

From petro- + physics.

Questions about petrophysics

What does petrophysics mean?
Petrophysics means the physics of rock, especially rock that acts as a reservoir for petroleum or other fluids.
What part of speech is petrophysics?
Petrophysics is a noun.

Words near petrophysics in the dictionary

  1. petrophilous
  2. petrophysical
  3. petrophysically
  4. petrophysicist
  5. petrophysicists
  6. petrophysics
  7. petroplastic
  8. petroplastics
  9. petroplinthic
  10. petroplinthite
  11. petroplinthites

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