yán​shí​xué

petrology

  • created sense approved 岩石学/岩石學 · yán​shí​xué · petrology — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    岩石学 / 岩石學

    yán​shí​xué

    petrology

    the scientific study of the nature, origin, composition, and structure of rocks that make up the earth's crust; lithology

    岩石 (literal) → 岩石 · yán​shí · rock 学 (bound) → 学/學 · xué · branch of learning

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense