Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The description and classification of rocks.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The art of writing or inscribing on stone.
- noun The study of rocks; lithology; petrology.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The art of writing on stone.
- noun The scientific description of rocks; that department of science which investigates the constitution of rocks; petrology.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun petrology the branch of
petrology that deals with the scientificdescription andclassification ofrocks - noun The art of writing on stone.
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Examples
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As the BBC reports, Robert Ixer of the University of Leicester and Richard Bevins of the National Museum of Wales pinpointed the source to within 230 feet and did so by "detailing the mineral content and the textural relationships within the rock, a process known as petrography."
News 2011
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As the BBC reports, Robert Ixer of the University of Leicester and Richard Bevins of the National Museum of Wales pinpointed the source to within 230 feet and did so by "detailing the mineral content and the textural relationships within the rock, a process known as petrography."
News 2011
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By detailing the mineral content and the textural relationships within the rock, a process known as petrography, they found that 99% of the samples could be matched to rocks found in this particular set of outcrops.
WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2011
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By detailing the mineral content and the textural relationships within the rock, a process known as petrography, they found that 99% of the samples could be matched to rocks found in this particular set of outcrops.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Oh, that one's a P.Geo - a professional geologist - is can log drill holes, update and construct geological models, they are experts in igneous and metamorphic petrology and petrography, hydrogeology, sedimentolgoy and structural geology.
Archive 2008-04-01 ReBecca Foster 2008
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The geomorphology of the area reflects its geological constitution, in particular its petrography and tectonic structure.
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Geology, petrography, and geochemistry of the volcanic islands of Tonga.
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Oh, that one's a P.Geo - a professional geologist - is can log drill holes, update and construct geological models, they are experts in igneous and metamorphic petrology and petrography, hydrogeology, sedimentolgoy and structural geology.
geologist monkeys ReBecca Foster 2008
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These are splendid specimens that give us a peek at some awesomely fragile organisms, and modern technology helps by giving us new tools, like x-ray computed tomography (CT), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thin-section petrography, synchrotron X-ray tomographic microscopy (SRXTM), and computer-aided visualization, that allow us to dig into the fine detail inside these delicate specimens and display and manipulate the data.
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These are splendid specimens that give us a peek at some awesomely fragile organisms, and modern technology helps by giving us new tools, like x-ray computed tomography (CT), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thin-section petrography, synchrotron X-ray tomographic microscopy (SRXTM), and computer-aided visualization, that allow us to dig into the fine detail inside these delicate specimens and display and manipulate the data.
Dissecting embryos from half a billion years ago - The Panda's Thumb 2006
qms commented on the word petrography
While some study subjects that bleed
Or classify flower and weed,
Petrography suits
More disciplined troops
For rocks are hard science indeed.
February 25, 2018
vendingmachine commented on the word petrography
noun The art of writing or inscribing on stone.
noun The study of rocks; lithology; petrology.
noun The art of writing on stone.
noun The scientific description of rock which investigates the constitution of rocks; petrology.
October 23, 2021