HyperDic: petrology

English > 1 sense of the word *petrology*:
NOUN	cognition	petrology, lithology	the branch of geology that studies rocks

petrology > pronunciation
Sounds	pahtraa'lahjhiy
Rhymes	Agee ... zoology: 128 rhymes with jhiy...

English > *petrology*: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning	The branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification.
Synonym	lithology
Broader	morphology, geomorphology	The branch of geology that studies the characteristics / characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks / rocks and land forms
Spanish	litología, petrología
Catalan	litologia, petrologia