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sedimentology

sedimentology noun: the study of natural sediments and of the processes by which they are formed.

Noun

sedimentology (usually uncountable, plural sedimentologies)

  1. (usually) The study of natural sediments and of the processes by which they are formed

Forms of sedimentology

pluralsedimentologies

Origin of sedimentology

From sediment + -ology.

Words formed from sedimentology

Questions about sedimentology

What does sedimentology mean?
Sedimentology means the study of natural sediments and of the processes by which they are formed.
What part of speech is sedimentology?
Sedimentology is a noun.
What is the plural of sedimentology?
The plural of sedimentology is sedimentologies.

Words near sedimentology in the dictionary

  1. sedimentological
  2. sedimentologically
  3. sedimentologies
  4. sedimentologist
  5. sedimentologists
  6. sedimentology
  7. sedimentometer
  8. sedimentometric
  9. sedimentometry
  10. sedimentous
  11. sediments

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