pedology
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun The science of the child, theoretical and applied; child-study in its widest sense.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- noun Pediatrics.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- noun The sub-discipline of soil science that: studies soils as a component of natural systems or deals with soil genesis and soil classification or studies the soil profile or solum in its natural setting.
Examples
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For that matter, the word "pedology" means either the study of child behavior or the study of soil, depending on the context.
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His main scientific interests are: forest pedology, influence of plants on pedogenesis, mineral weathering in soil, carbon sequestration in forest soils, effects of forest fires on soil properties.
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The tempo of scientific investigation increased rapidly after 1938, with emphasis on specialized fields such as limnology, wildlife management, ecology, pedology and archeology.
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At Bowie State University, I am studying pedology because I want to become a child psychologist or counselor.
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The term "land classification" was - employed, rather than "soil classification. as other factors aside from the type of soil (pedology) were involved, including the cost of bringing water to the particular lands concerned.
Note
The word 'pedology' comes from Greek roots meaning either 'child study' or 'ground study'.
