Meanings
petrogenic1
adjectivepetrogenic (not comparable)
- not comparableOf or pertaining to the formation of rock.
1 more example
Silica and alumina are distinctly the most abundant and characteristic petrogenic constituents, and with them are most frequently associated those elements toward the extreme petrogenic end of the periodic table, especially potassium, sodium, and calcium in the order named; and these elements are associated with each other.
1924, Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, Henry Stephens Washington, “Evolution of the Elements”, in The Composition of the Earth’s Crust (United States Geological Survey Professional Paper; 127), Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, pages 107–108
petrogenic2
adjectivepetrogenic (not comparable)
- not comparableProduced by the incomplete combustion of petroleum
Origin
petrogenic · adjective
- Ancient Greekπέτρᾱ (pétrā)
- Latinpetra
- Englishpetro-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
- Proto-Hellenic*génos
- Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
- Englishpetrogenic
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APA
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Chicago
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