Associations to the word «Epigenesis»

Wiktionary

EPIGENESIS, noun. (biology) The theory that an organism develops by differentiation from an unstructured egg rather than by simple enlarging of something preformed.
EPIGENESIS, noun. (geology) changes in the mineral content of rock after its formation

Dictionary definition

EPIGENESIS, noun. A geological change in the mineral content of rock after the rock has formed.

Wise words

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Ernest Hemingway