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Lithology Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ology

Lithology has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification

2

The study of rocks, with particular emphasis on their description and classification.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
morphology
Rhyming Words
dogy fogy bogy logy pogy ology loogy elogy boogy alogy agogy dilogy oölogy oology eulogy perogy urology geology analogy trilogy
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