lithology

Etymology

litho- + -ology

noun

  1. (uncountable) The study of rocks, with particular emphasis on their description and classification.
  2. (countable) The general composition of a rock or rock sequence.
    The ‘monomict’ meteorites are samples of a single lithology while the polymict meteorites are those containing two or more lithologies. 1983, Jeremy S. Delaney et al., “The Nomenclature of Polymict Basaltic Achondrites”, in Meteoritics & Planetary Science, volume 18, number 2, →DOI

Attribution / Disclaimer All definitions come directly from Wiktionary using the Wiktextract library. We do not edit or curate the definitions for any words, if you feel the definition listed is incorrect or offensive please suggest modifications directly to the source (wiktionary/lithology), any changes made to the source will update on this page periodically.