Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The science of the child, theoretical and applied; child-study in its widest sense. The term was apparently introduced by O. Chrisman in 1896. Also
paidology .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Pediatrics.
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- noun The sub-discipline of
soil science that: studies soils as a component of natural systems or deals withsoil genesis andsoil classification or studies the soil profile orsolum in its natural setting. - noun The study of the
behaviour anddevelopment ofchildren .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children
Etymologies
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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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Physical Geography itself can be divided into five main sub-fields: climatology, geomorphology, pedology, biogeography, and hydrology.
Physical geography 2008
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Irrigation of many soils, including the commonly-occurring silty or sandy loams, is relatively straight forward and does not call for extensive knowledge of pedology on the part of the irrigation engineer.
Chapter 9 1995
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Soil science, whether edaphology or pedology, is designed to deal with the nature and properties of soils relevant to plant growth.
Stabroek News 2009
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At Bowie State University, I am studying pedology because I want to become a child psychologist or counselor.
Blog updates 2009
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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.
Chapter 9 1995
reesetee commented on the word pedology
One of two main branches of soil science, the other being edaphology. Pedology is the study of soils in their natural environments; it deals with pedogenesis, soil morphology, and soil classification.
October 24, 2008