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De - Pt| English Dictionary: hypogene | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Hypogene \Hyp"o*gene\, a. [Pref. hypo- + the root of Gr. [?] to be born: cf. F. hypog[8a]ne.] (Geol.) Formed or crystallized at depths the earth's surface; -- said of granite, gneiss, and other rocks, whose crystallization is believed of have taken place beneath a great thickness of overlying rocks. Opposed to epigene. | |
