English Dictionary

lithology

名詞

不可算名詞 可算名詞

(uncountable) The study of rocks, with particular emphasis on their description and classification. / (countable) The general composition of a rock or rock sequence.

日本語の意味

岩石学―岩石の記述・分類を中心にその性質を研究する学問分野 / 岩石または岩石系列の一般的な組成・性質を指す

The field trip focused on lithology, where students learned to describe and classify the local rock outcrops.

現地実習は岩相学（岩石の記述と分類）に重点を置き、学生たちは地元の岩露頭の記述と分類の方法を学んだ。

意味（1）

(uncountable) The study of rocks, with particular emphasis on their description and classification.

意味（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.

lithologies （ plural ）