Definition of Petrographic

1. a. Pertaining to petrography.

Definition of Petrographic

1. Adjective. Relating to petrographs. ¹

2. Adjective. Relating to petrography. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Petrographic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Petrographic

1. Pertaining to petrography. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Petrographic

petrogenic
petrogenies
petrogeny
petrogeological
petrogeologist
petrogeologists
petrogeology
petroglyph
petroglyphic
petroglyphs
petroglyphy
petrogr.
petrograph
petrographer
petrographers
petrographic (current term)
petrographical
petrographies
petrographs
petrography
petroholic
petroholics
petrohyoid
petrohyoids
petrol
petrol-electric
petrol blue
petrol bomb
petrol bombs
petrol filling station

Literary usage of Petrographic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elementary Chemical Microscopy by Emile Monnin Chamot (1921)
"The petrographic Microscope. — When funds permit and the microscopist has been trained in optical crystallography a modern petrographic microscope should ..."

2. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1915)
"petrographic STUDY OF PORTLAND CEMENT BY RJ COLONY. ... The chief difficulty in the petrographic study of material of this nature lies not only in the ..."

3. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1915)
"petrographic STUDY OF PORTLAND CEMENT BY RJ COLONY. ... The chief difficulty in the petrographic study of material of this nature lies not only in the ..."

4. A Guide to the Scientific Examination of Soils: Comprising Select Methods of by Felix Wahnschaffe (1891)
"petrographic determination of the coarser admixed parts of the sand.—The petrographic determination of the coarser admixed parts of the sand is geologically ..."

5. Handbook for Field Geologists by Charles Willard Hayes (1909)
"Beyond and above the purely petrographic interest lies the consideration of the ... CLASTIC ROCKS petrographic character. Comparatively little attention has ..."

6. The Fundamental Principles of Petrology by Ernst Weinschenk (1916)
"petrographic Provinces. — From the sequence of the intrusions and extrusions in a single ... The rocks of such a region (petrographic province), therefore, ..."

7. Hellenistic Pottery: The Plain Wares by Susan I. Rotroff (2006)
"Each sample was examined in thin section under a petrographic microscope and percentages of materials within the fabric estimated on the basis of points ..."

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