Dictionary
Thesaurus
Sentence Examples

Dictionary Home » Dictionary Definitions » petrologist

petrologist

Variant of petrology

noun

the branch of geology that deals with the classification, location, composition, structure, and origin of rocks

Origin: petro- + -logy

Related Forms:

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

link/cite print suggestion box

More from YD

petroleum jelly

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski

About YourDictionary Advertisers Contact Us Privacy Policy Terms of Use Help
© 1996-2013 LoveToKnow, Corp. All Rights Reserved. Audio pronunciation provided by LoveToKnow, Corp.