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[syn: petrology, lithology]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Petrology \Pe*trol"o*gy\, n. [Petro + -logy.]
1. The department of science which is concerned with the
mineralogical and chemical composition of rocks, and with
their classification: lithology.
[1913 Webster]
2. A treatise on petrology.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
petrology
n 1: the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and
formation and mineral composition and classification [syn:
petrology, lithology]