GEOMORPHOLOGY
Dictionary entry overview: What does geomorphology mean? • GEOMORPHOLOGY (noun)
The noun GEOMORPHOLOGY has 1 sense:
1. the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms
Familiarity information: GEOMORPHOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GEOMORPHOLOGY (noun)
Meaning:
The branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
geomorphology; morphology
Hypernyms ("geomorphology" is a kind of...):
geophysical science; geophysics (geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "geomorphology"):
plate tectonic theory; plate tectonics; tectonics (the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust)
lithology; petrology (the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification)
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