lithology

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lithology

Rhymes with -ɒlədʒi

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From litho- + -ology.

noun lithologies

uncountable The study of rocks, with particular emphasis on their description and classification.
countable The general composition of a rock or rock sequence. The ‘monomict’ meteorites are samples of a single lithology while the polymict meteorites are those containing two or more lithologies.

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noun the study of rocks

Español	litología
中文	岩石学 yánshíxué
हिन्दी	आश्मिकी āśmikī
Français	lithologie
Italiano	litologia

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@misc{lithology_2026,
  title = {lithology},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lithology},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}