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(), a.[Pref. epi- + Gr. to be born, grow.] 1. (Crystallog.) Foreign; unnatural; unusual; -- said of forms of crystals not natural to the substances in which they are found. 2. (Geol.) Formed originating on the surface of the earth; -- opposed to hypogene; as, epigene rocks. スポンサード リンク
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