Definitions for petrography

petrography pe·trog·ra·phy

Spelling: [pi-trog-ruh-fee]
IPA: /pɪˈtrɒg rə fi/

Petrography is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 665 anagrams from letters in petrography (aeghopprrty).

Definitions for petrography

noun

  1. the branch of petrology dealing with the description and classification of rocks, especially by microscopic examination.

Origin of petrography

From the New Latin word petrographia, dating back to 1645-55. See petro-1, -graphy

Examples for petrography

A faint buzz above the ceiling witnessed that petrography, too, was active.

Thus from mineralogy and petrography it contains information regarding the origin and subsequent mutations of minerals and rocks.

petrography and laboratory psychology were among the new sciences fostered by the new university.

A more general name sometimes employed is that of petrography.

Petrog′lyphy, the art of writing on rocks or stones; Petrog′rapher, a student of petrography.

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