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Definition of Hypogene
1. a. Formed or crystallized at depths beneath 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.
Definition of Hypogene
1. Adjective. (geology) Formed underground, (often by ascending solutions). ¹
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Definition of Hypogene
1. formed underground [adj]
Medical Definition of Hypogene
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypogene
Literary usage of Hypogene
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of Geology: Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the by Charles Lyell (1833)
"... blende schist—The term ' hypogene ' proposed as a substitute for ... rocks—No
regular order of succession of hypogene formations—Passage from the ..."
2. Text-book of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1902)
"hypogene Causes of Changes in the Texture, Structure, and Composition of Rocks
THE phenomena of hypogene action considered in the foregoing pages relate ..."
3. Elements of Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"... and explanation of names and synonyms, of volcanic rocks — Table of the analyses
of minerals most abundant in the volcanic and hypogene rocks. ..."
4. A Manual of Elementary Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"... and explanation of names and synonyms, of volcanic rocks — Table of the analyses
of minerals most abundant in the volcanic and hypogene rocks. ..."
5. Elements of Geology by Charles Lyell (1839)
"... which these rocks are formed, are evidently unfavourable to the development
of mica and quartz, minerals so characteristic of the hypogene formations. ..."
6. The Wonders of Geology: Or, A Familiar Exposition of Geological Phenomena by Gideon Algernon Mantell, Thomas Rupert Jones (1858)
"THE VOLCANIC AND hypogene BOCKS. I. Introductory. 2. ... Review of the hypogene
Rocks. 37. Organic Remains in metamorphic Rocks. 38. ..."
7. Elements of Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"... and explanation of names and synonyms, of volcanic rocks — Table of the analyses
of minerals most abundant in the volcanic and hypogene rocks. ..."
8. Travels in North America: With Geological Observations on the United States by Charles Lyell (1845)
"Two sources of popular error respecting the more abundant production of hypogene
Rocks at remote periods. June 18th. — AN excellent mail steam-packet ..."
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