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lithology|lɪˈθɒlədʒɪ|
[ad. mod.L. lithologia or F. lithologie: see litho- and -logy.]
1. That department of mineralogy which treats of the nature and composition of stones and rocks. Also, the lithological characters of rocks, etc.
1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. III. 104 Mr. Scheutzer..in his..De Querelis Piscium, seem's to have quite different Fancies of that subterraneous Ichthyologico-Lithology. 1802Playfair Illustr. Hutton. Theory 82 A specific difference which it is the business of lithology to mark by some appropriate character, annexed to the generic name of granite. 1870Athenæum 22 Jan. 127/3 Considering first the petrology and lithology of rock masses, Prof. Molloy divides the compounds of the earth's crust into..3 groups. 1876Page Adv. Text-Bk. Geol. xvi. 287 In different districts the lithology of these groups will be found to vary. 1877Le Conte Elem. Geol. Introd. (1879) 2 A knowledge of mineralogy and lithology is required to understand structural geology.
2. That department of medical science which is concerned with the study of calculi in the human body. Also, a treatise on calculi.
1802Hooper Quincy's Lex.-Med., Lithology, a discourse or treatise on stones. 1828–32Webster, Lithology..2. A treatise on stones found in the body. Coxe. 1855Mayne Expos. Lex., Lithologia... Term for the consideration of the nature and different qualities of stones, or of calculi; lithology. 1890J. S. Billings Nat. Med. Dict. II. 76. |