pedology

pedology

English

Etymology 1

Ancient Greek πέδον (pédon, “soil”) +‎ -logy.

Noun

pedology (uncountable)

1. The sub-discipline of soil science that: studies soils as a component of natural systems or deals with soil genesis and soil classification or studies the soil profile or solum in its natural setting.

Related terms

• pedoclimate

Translations

soil science

Bulgarian: почвознание (počvoznanie) Catalan: pedologia (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 土壤学 (zh) (tǔrǎngxué) Czech: pedologie (cs) f Dutch: pedologie (nl) f Finnish: pedologia French: pédologie (fr) f German: Pedologie (de) f Hungarian: pedológia, talajtan (hu) Italian: pedologia (it) f Portuguese: pedologia (pt) f Spanish: pedología f Tagalog: palasulipan

See also

• cryopedology
• edaphology
• soil scientist

Etymology 2

pedo- +‎ -logy, from Ancient Greek: παῖς (paîs, “child”) and -λογία (-logía, “branch of study, to speak”).

Alternative forms

• pædology (British)
• paedology (British)
• paidology

Noun

pedology (uncountable)

1. The study of the behaviour and development of children.

Related terms

• pedologic, pedological
• pedologist

Translations

study of children's behaviour

Chinese: Mandarin: 兒科學／儿科学 (zh), 儿科学 (zh) (érkēxué) Dutch: pedologie (nl) f Finnish: pedologia French: pédologie (fr) f, paidologie f Galician: pedoloxía (gl) f German: Pädologie (de) f Italian: pedologia (it) f Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Spanish: paidología f