Definitions
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- noun The combination of
thermophysical ,physiochemical ,physiomechanical processes occurring in freezing and thawing earth materials. - noun The geologic processes that create
permafrost . - noun The process of mediablasting a surface with
dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide).
Etymologies
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From cryo- + -genesis.
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Examples
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What none of them were taking into account, was that the Doc, now that he was no longer human, was interested, for his wife’s sake, in cryogenesis.
Episode 9:1 Thoughts, Speculations, Alternatives « Unknowing 2010
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And that slickness just reminds me of the Futurama episode where the 80s guy/Gordon Gekko-parody comes out of cryogenesis and proceeds to be sleazy but hilariously dated.
Teaser Trailer for WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS – Updated with Poster – Collider.com 2010
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