lithologicaladj.
/ˌlɪθəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌlɪθəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/ Pertaining to lithology; relating to the nature or composition of stones.
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petrographical1651
lithological1797
petrographic1800
petrological1814
lithologic1828
lithographical1872
petrologic1879
1797 Monthly Mag. 3 50 A description of the lithological and mineralogical empire.
1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 237 To put the student upon his guard against too implicit a reliance on lithological characters as tests of the relative ages of rocks.
1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. Gloss. Lithological, a term expressing the stony structure or character of a mineral mass. We speak of the lithological character of a stratum as distinguished from its zoological character.
1881 Ramsay in Nature No. 618. 420 The various formations, by help of the fossils they contain, have been correlated in time, often in spite of great differences in their lithological characters.
Derivatives
lithoˈlogically adv. in regard to lithology; with respect to the nature of stones.
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lithologically1845
petrographically1845
petrologically1845
1845 Capt. Newbold in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 14 i. 300 Ferruginous and coloured clays that sometimes, lithologically speaking, resemble laterite.
1872 W. S. Symonds Rec. Rocks iv. 84 The Aran range, with its mountain peaks,..resembles the rocks of Cader Idris lithologically.
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