Definition of Pedology. Meaning of Pedology. Synonyms of Pedology

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Definition of Pedology

Pedology
Pedology Pe*dol"o*gy, n. [Gr. ?, ?, child + -logy.] (Med.) Pediatrics.

Meaning of Pedology from wikipedia

- Pedology (from Gr****: πέδον, pedon, "soil"; and λόγος, logos, "study") is a discipline within soil science which focuses on understanding and characterizing...
- basic branches of study: edaphology and pedology. Edaphology studies the influence of soils on living things. Pedology focuses on the formation, description...
- Pedology is the study of soils in their natural environment. It may also refer to: Paedology, the study of child behavior and development Pedagogy, the...
- Paedology (also spelled pedology or paidology) is the study of children's behavior and development. It may be considered distinct from pedagogy, the art...
- (Geomorphometry). Early studies in geomorphology are the foundation for pedology, one of two main branches of soil science. Hydrology is predominantly concerned...
- In pedology, leaching is the removal of soluble materials from one zone in soil to another via water movement in the profile. It is a mechanism of soil...
- plants. It is one of two main divisions of soil science, the other being pedology. Edaphology includes the study of how soil influences humankind's use of...
- the use and management of soils. The main branches of soil science are pedology ― the study of formation, chemistry, morphology, and classification of...
- cultural institutions, and in the military. The Russian state emphasized pedology and the study of child development. Lev Vygotsky became prominent in the...
- February 1899 – 9 January 1992) was a Swiss-born soil scientist and expert on pedology (the study of soil in its natural environment), particularly the processes...