diagenesis
English
/daɪəˈdʒɛnəsɪs/
noun
Definitions
- (geology) All the chemical, physical, and biological changes sediment goes through during and after lithification, not including weathering or other surface changes.
Etymology
Affix from English genesis (production).
Origin
English
genesis
Gloss
production
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acrometagenesis English
- anthogenesis English
- biogenesis English
- cisgenesis English
- cogenesis English
- corticogenesis English
- cosmogenesis English
- digenetic English
- endogenesis English
- eugenesis English
- genesis English
- gliogenesis English
- glottogenesis English
- glycerogenesis English
- gonadogenesis English
- haematogenesis English
- homogenesis English
- hypergenesis English
- isogenesis English
- karyogenesis English
- kinetogenesis English
- leptogenesis English
- lithogenesis English
- magnetogenesis English
- merogenesis English
- microgenesis English
- mucogenesis English
- neogenesis English
- ovigenesis English
- oögenesis English
- pangenesis English
- perigenesis English
- progenesis English
- radiogenesis English
- regenesis English
- speleogenesis English
- teleogenesis English
- thrombogenesis English
- zygogenesis English
- genesis Latin
- genesis
- eugenesis
- digenetic
- regenesis
- cogenesis
- oögenesis
- biogenesis
- isogenesis
- ovigenesis
- cisgenesis
- pangenesis
- neogenesis
- progenesis
- homogenesis
- gliogenesis
- endogenesis
- merogenesis
- mucogenesis
- perigenesis
- zygogenesis
- karyogenesis
- teleogenesis
- hypergenesis
- cosmogenesis
- anthogenesis
- radiogenesis
- microgenesis
- leptogenesis
- lithogenesis
- gonadogenesis
- speleogenesis
- glottogenesis
- kinetogenesis
- thrombogenesis
- magnetogenesis
- glycerogenesis
- haematogenesis
- corticogenesis
- acrometagenesis