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mineralogy

noun
/ˌmɪnəˈralədʒi/UK/ˌmɪnəˈɹɑləd͡ʒi/US

Etymology

From New Latin minerālogia, from Medieval Latin minera (“mineral”) + Latin -logia (“study”). By surface analysis, mineral + -logy.

  1. derived from -logia — “study”
  2. derived from minera — “mineral”
  3. borrowed from minerālogia

Definitions

  1. The branch of petrology that studies minerals.

  2. Mineral materials.

  3. A treatise on mineralogy.

The neighborhood

Derived

biomineralogy, micromineralogy, mineralogic, mineralogical, mineralogize, soil mineralogy

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA