Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Reproduced by means of both parents, male and female; of or pertaining to syngenesis: as, a syngenetic process; a syngenetic theory.
- In geology See the extract.
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- adjective genetics Of, pertaining to, or arising from
syngenesis
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Examples
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These deposits form one of the main types of _syngenetic_ deposits.
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In certain cases _syngenetic_ may be roughly synonymous with _primary_, and _epigenetic_ with _secondary_, and yet a primary ore may be epigenetic.
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These deposits form the principal type of _syngenetic_ deposits (p. 32); the term _sedigenetic_ deposits has also been applied to them.
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The Company believes the Lone Ranch mineralization is related to syngenetic processes
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_syngenetic_, _epigenetic_, _supergene_, _hypogene_, _protore_, etc. The most commonly used of these terms are _primary_ and _secondary_.
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