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lithology

/li-thol-uh-jee/US // lɪˈθɒl ə dʒi //UK // (lɪˈθɒlədʒɪ) //

岩石学,岩性,岩性学,岩浆学

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Geology. petrology. the physical characteristics of a rock or stratigraphic unit.
    • : Medicine/Medical. the study of the formation, pathology, and treatment of stones in the human body.

Examples

  • We might say that a 'young lady, eminent for great skill in lithology, famed as the discoverer,' etc.

  • His observations on the lithology of the deposits accumulated beneath the sea were of special interest and importance.

  • The second year's work with lithology is carried on largely in the same way as with mineralogy.

  • It is nearly impossible to provide so abundantly, however, as for mineralogy and lithology.

  • Stone, as in lithology, the branch of medical science, relating to calculi or concretions.