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endogenic

endogenic

9.9
Coming from inside something, often deep in the Earth
  • adjective
  • /ˌɛn.dəˈdʒɛn.ɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : endogénico
  • Volcanic eruptions are often a result of endogenic forces acting within the Earth's mantle.

Examples

  • Geologists study endogenic phenomena to understand how natural gas is generated beneath the surface.

  • Among the most immediate of the endogenic or locally derived forces was the need for a cheap supply of labor to participate in the establishment of irrigated, commercial agriculture in the undeveloped and vastly underpopulated Mexicali Valley.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The endogenic process contributed to the formation of valuable minerals deep within the Earth's crust.

Synonyms

endogenous
vsendogenic
  • Specialized
5 8.2

Coming from inside a body, system, or process rather than from outside

is specific to geological internal origin within the Earth rather than living systems
endogenetic
vsendogenic
  • Specialized
9.9

Rocks that form under the Earth's surface because of heat or movement inside the Earth

is more general, meaning produced within something not only by Earth processes

Antonyms

exogenic
  • Specialized
1 9.2

Processes that come from outside the ground and change the Earth's surface

How Internal

endogenic
  • Specialized
9.9
exogenic
  • Specialized
1 9.2

Surface Forms

endogenic positive

Morphology

endogenic = endogenous (transparent) = endo + gen + ic

Formed from the combining form 'endo-' (within) plus the combining element 'gen'/'-genic' (producing) with adjectival '-ic', so the literal meaning 'originating within' follows directly; it is a technical term but morphologically regular.

Etymology

Endogenic comes from the Greek parts endo- meaning 'within' and -genic meaning 'produced', like in generate. So an endogenic process is one that is 'produced inside', for example earthquakes or volcanoes that start under the Earth's surface.