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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

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Litho-

Gr.

γένεσισ

origin, generation: cf. F.

lithogénésie

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The doctrine or science of the origin of the minerals composing the globe.

Noun.

[Gr. stone, and generation.]

The doctrine or science of the origin of minerals composing the globe, and of the causes which have produced their form and disposition.

lithogenesy ‎(uncountable)