单词 | hypogene |
释义 | hypogeneadj. Geology. a. Formed under the surface; applied to rocks otherwise called primary and metamorphic; also, subterranean, hypogean. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > [adjective] > primary or hypogene hypogene1833 nether-formed1833 protogenic1877 primary1886 1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 374 We propose the term ‘hypogene’..a word implying the theory that granite and gneiss are both nether-formed rocks, or rocks which have not assumed their present form and structure at the surface. 1845 Capt. Newbold in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 14 i. 282 The edge of the trap is seen reposing on the hypogene schists at the base of the trap hills. 1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. iii. 196 Hypogene or Plutonic Action. b. Relating to the subterranean origin of rocks. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > [adjective] > subterranean origin hypogene1843 hypogenic1880 1843 J. E. Portlock Rep. Geol. Londonderry 175 The hypogene theory of Lyell. Derivatives hypoˈgenic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > [adjective] > subterranean origin hypogene1843 hypogenic1880 1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. VI. 572 In the great hypogenic laboratory of nature, rocks have been softened and fused. 1882 Athenæum 28 Oct. 566/3 The great changes which are being wrought upon the surface of the earth, partly by hypogenic agents acting from below. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < adj.1833 |
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