Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

telogenetic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tel-o-ge-net-ic
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Related to or arising during telogenesis, the process of erosion and oxidation that occurs when sedimentary rocks are subject to uplift.

adj

Related to or arising during telogenesis, the final growth state of a hair or feather follicle.

Example Sentences

"telogenetic porosity"
"telogenetic effluvium"
"Hair follicles in the telogenetic stage have small dermal papillae, which are separated from the bulb and are no longer covered by matrix cells."

Etymology

From telo- + genetic, thus "caused at the end". * Coined in the geological sense by Choquette & Lloyd (1970), "Geologic Nomenclature and Classification of Porosity in Sedimentary Carbonates", AAPG Bulletin 54.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: telo

Derived Forms

telogenetically

Frequently Paired Words

diagenetic telogenesis teleogenetic telogenic eogenetic mesogenetic anagenetic catagenetic

Questions

What does telogenetic mean?: Related to or arising during telogenesis, the process of erosion and oxidation that occurs when sedimentary rocks are subject to uplift.
Where does telogenetic come from?: From telo- + genetic, thus "caused at the end". * Coined in the geological sense by Choquette & Lloyd (1970), "Geologic Nomenclature and Classification of Porosity in Sedimentary Carbonates", AAPG Bulletin 54.

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