PETROGRAPHY


Meaning of PETROGRAPHY in English

— petrographer , n. — petrographic /pe'treuh graf"ik/ , petrographical , adj. — petrographically , adv.

/pi trog"reuh fee/ , n.

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

[ 1645-55; petrographia. See PETRO- 1 , -GRAPHY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .