AUTHIGENIC


Meaning of AUTHIGENIC in English

|ȯthə|jenik adjective

or au·thig·e·nous (ˈ)ȯ|thijənəs

Etymology: German authigen authigenic (from Greek authigenēs born in that place, native, from authi there + -genēs born) + English -ic or -ous; akin to Greek au again — more at eke , -gen

: formed where found — used of mineral particles of rocks formed by crystallization in the place they occupy; opposed to allothogenic

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.