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ENDOGENY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does endogeny mean?
• ENDOGENY (noun)
The noun ENDOGENY has 1 sense:
1. a geological phenomenon below the surface of the earth
Familiarity information: ENDOGENY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A geological phenomenon below the surface of the earth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("endogeny" is a kind of...):
geological phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth)
Derivation:
endogenetic (of rocks formed or occurring beneath the surface of the earth)
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