exogenic
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9.2
- adjective
- /ˌɛksoʊˈdʒɛnɪk/
- Specialized
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exogénico
- The study highlighted how exogenic influences like weather can affect the growth patterns of local vegetation.
- exogenic factors
Examples
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To appreciate the spatial and social dynamics of that migration stream, still other exogenic political factors must be taken into account, as must the nature of land tenure in the Mexicali Valley.
Academic text (1995) -
They were exogenic or contextual factors originating outside the immediate locale.
Academic text (1995) -
The researchers discovered that the new mineral formations were the result of exogenic processes occurring on the Earth's surface.
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Many exogenic factors, such as climate change and volcanic activity, can significantly alter landscape features.
Synonyms
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4.1
Located outside a place, group, or body
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8.3
Coming from outside a person, place, or thing
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7.7
Not part of something and coming from outside
From another person or animal, not made by the body itself
Antonyms
How External
Surface Forms
Morphology
exogenic = genic (semi-transparent) = exo + gen + ic
The word is built from the combining form exo- 'outside' plus a genic base, but the scientific meaning is somewhat specialized and not fully predictable for learners.
Etymology
The word exogenic comes from Greek parts exo- 'outside' and -genic 'produced', the same root you see in generate and genesis. So exogenic means something 'coming from outside' a system, like erosion by water and wind or meteorites that change the Earth's surface.