allothigenic
/əˌlɒθɪˈdʒɛnɪk/Geology
adjective
Of a mineral: older than the rock or deposit of which it forms part. Contrasted with authigenic.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Frederick Hatch (1864–1932), geologist and mining engineer. From German allothigen (E. Kalkowsky 1880, in Neues Jahrb. f. Mineralogie 1 4; from ancient Greek ἄλλοθι elsewhere (from ἄλλος other + -θι, suffix forming adverbs) + German -gen: see -genic) + -ic.
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- cryoconite hole
- cryoextraction
- cryoextractor
- cry off
- cryofixation
- cryofracture
- cryogen
- cryogenic
- cryogenically
- cryogenicist
- cryogenics
- cryoglobulin
- cryohydrate
- cryohydrate point
- printer's flower
- printers' ink
- printer-slotter
- printer's mark
- printer's pie
- printers' ream
- printery
- printfield
- print ground
- print hand