pedology

English

Etymology 1

From pedo- (“soil”) +‎ -ology.

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 profiles or solum in its natural setting.

Related terms

• pedobiome
• 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 (hu), talajtan (hu)
• Italian: pedologia (it) f
• Portuguese: pedologia (pt) f
• Spanish: pedología f
• Tagalog: palasulipan

See also

• cryopedology
• edaphology
• soil scientist

Etymology 2

From pedo- (“child”) +‎ -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) (érkēxué)

• Dutch: pedologie (nl) f
• Finnish: pedologia
• French: pédologie (fr) f, paidologie (fr) f
• Galician: pedoloxía (gl) f
• German: Pädologie (de) f
• Italian: pedologia (it) f
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: paidología f