Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
🌱 Soil scientist 🧒 Child researcher
pedologist

pedologist

9.0
A scientist who studies soil, how it forms and its types
  • noun
  • /pəˈdɑlədʒɪst/
  • Specialized
translation icon : pedólogo
  • The pedologist created a detailed map showing different soil types found in the region.

Examples

  • Alternatively, a pedologist may examine certain similarities or differences between one polygon and another.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Thus, if the most useful map, the floristic one, is used, relevant data available on the physiognomic map are unavailable to the pedologist.

    Academic text (1991)

  • A pedologist analyzed the soil samples to understand their composition and health.

  • As a pedologist, she published her findings on the effects of climate change on soil formation.

Surface Forms

pedologist singular
pedologists plural

Morphology

pedologist = pedology (semi-transparent) = pedology + ist

Formed regularly from 'pedology' + '-ist', but 'ped(o)-' is ambiguous (soil vs. child) and 'pedology' is a technical term, so the meaning can be confusing for learners.

Etymology

Pedologist comes from the Greek root pedon meaning 'soil' or 'ground', so a pedologist is a scientist who studies soil types, how they form, and how they behave.