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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification;
[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]