| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. 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.[Websters]
2. Being plutonic. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb hypogenely.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (hypogenely) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective hypogene.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HYPOGENE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1833. (references) |
| Etymology:Hypogene \Hyp"o*gene\, adjective. [Prefix hypo- the root of Greek to be born: compare to the French expression hypog[`e]ne.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HYPOGENE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Environment | Of or pertaining to a substance formed by ascending solutions within the earth, e.g., ore or mineral deposits. Occurring or forming within or below the Earth's crust. (references) | ||
| Mining | A. Said of a geologic process, and of its resultant features, occurring within and below the crust of the Earth. Cf: epigene; endogenetic. Syn: hypogenic; hypogeal; hypogeic b. Said of a mineral deposit formed by ascending solutions; also, said of those solutions and of that environment. Cf: supergene; mesogene. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: HYPOGENE
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Hypogene ore | Mining | Ore deposited from ascending hydrothermal solutions of magmatic origin. (references) | |
| Hypogene rock | Mining | A rock that was formed deep within the Earth under the influence of heat and pressure. (references) | |
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