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LITHOLOGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lithology mean?
• LITHOLOGY (noun)
The noun LITHOLOGY has 1 sense:
1. the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification
Familiarity information: LITHOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
lithology; petrology
Hypernyms ("lithology" is a kind of...):
geomorphology; morphology (the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms)
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