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Sedimentary vs Telogenesis - What's the difference?

sedimentary | telogenesis |

As an adjective sedimentary

is (geology|of a rock) made by the deposition and compression of small particles.

As a noun telogenesis is

(geology) the process of erosion and oxidation that occurs when sedimentary rocks undergo uplift.

sedimentary

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (geology, of a rock) Made by the deposition and compression of small particles.

    • Coordinate terms

    * igneous, metamorphic

    Derived terms

    * sedimentary rock

    telogenesis

    English

    Noun

  • (geology) The process of erosion and oxidation that occurs when sedimentary rocks undergo uplift
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  • (medicine, anatomy) The final growth state of a hair or feather follicle
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    Coordinate terms

    *(geological process) eogenesis, mesogenesis *(follicular growth state) anagenesis, catagenesis

    Related terms

    *diagenesis *telogenetic

    See also

    *teleogenesis