Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
petrol blue
petrol station
petroleum
petroleum jelly
petrolhead
petrolic
petrology
petronel
petrophysics
petrosal
petrous
petticoat
pettifogger
pettifogging
petting
petting zoo
pettish
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

petrophysics
pet·ro·phys·ics [ péttrō fìzziks ]


noun 
Definition:
 
study of physical characteristics of rocks: the branch of geology that studies the physical characteristics and behavior of rocks ( takes a singular verb )


pet·ro·phys·i·cal [ pèttrō fízzik'l ] adjective
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft