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PRONUNCIATION OF LITHOGENOUS

lithogenous  [lɪˈθɒdʒɪnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LITHOGENOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lithogenous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LITHOGENOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of lithogenous in the English dictionary

The definition of lithogenous in the dictionary is rock-building.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LITHOGENOUS


androgenous
ænˈdrɒdʒɪnəs
androgynous
ænˈdrɒdʒɪnəs
autogenous
ɔːˈtɒdʒɪnəs
ectogenous
ɛkˈtɒdʒɪnəs
endogenous
ɛnˈdɒdʒɪnəs
erogenous
ɪˈrɒdʒɪnəs
exogenous
ɛkˈsɒdʒɪnəs
gametogenous
ˌɡæmɪˈtɒdʒɪnəs
haematogenous
ˌhɛməˈtɒdʒɪnəs
hematogenous
ˌheməˈtɒdʒɪnəs
heterogenous
ˌhɛtəˈrɒdʒɪnəs
homogenous
həˈmɒdʒɪnəs
hydrogenous
haɪˈdrɒdʒɪnəs
hypogenous
haɪˈpɒdʒɪnəs
misogynous
mɪˈsɒdʒɪnəs
myelogenous
ˌmaɪəˈlɒdʒɪnəs
nitrogenous
naɪˈtrɒdʒɪnəs
proterogynous
ˌprəʊtəˈrɒdʒɪnəs
protogynous
prəʊˈtɒdʒɪnəs
thermogenous
θɜːˈmɒdʒɪnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LITHOGENOUS

litho
lithochromatic
lithochromy
lithoclast
lithocyst
lithodomous
lithoglyph
lithograph
lithographer
lithographic
lithographical
lithographically
lithography
lithoid
lithoidal
litholapaxy
litholatrous
litholatry
lithologic
lithological

WORDS THAT END LIKE LITHOGENOUS

arsenous
arteriovenous
burdenous
collagenous
epigenous
fibrinogenous
gangrenous
glutenous
indigenous
intravenous
larcenous
molybdenous
nonindigenous
nous
nubigenous
ravenous
saphenous
skeletogenous
terrigenous
venous
vitelligenous

Synonyms and antonyms of lithogenous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lithogenous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LITHOGENOUS

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The translations of lithogenous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lithogenous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

lithogenous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lithogenous
570 millions of speakers

English

lithogenous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

lithogenous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مكون الحصى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

литогенной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lithogenous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

lithogenous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lithogène
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lithogenous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

stein
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

lithogenous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

lithogenous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lithogenous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lithogenous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

lithogenous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हिमोग्लोबिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Litojenik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lithogenous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lithogenous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

литогенной
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lithogenous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

lithogenous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lithogenous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lithogenous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lithogenous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lithogenous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LITHOGENOUS»

The term «lithogenous» is barely ever used and occupies the 198.712 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LITHOGENOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lithogenous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LITHOGENOUS»

Discover the use of lithogenous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lithogenous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Marine Minerals in Exclusive Economic Zones
1.1.2 Lithogenous supply The lithogenous (detrital) fraction of marine sediments consists of material delivered to the oceans as solids which undergo little alteration during their transport and final deposition (Windom, 1976). In a classification ...
D.S. Cronan, 1992
2
The Sea Floor: An Introduction to Marine Geology
the first type lithogenous, the second hydrogenous, and the third biogenous (Fig. 3.6; Box 3.1). Around the ocean margins, lithogenous sediments are predominant , although there are also salt deposits and biogenic sediments. In the deep sea, ...
Eugen Seibold, Wolfgang H. Berger, 1996
3
Introductory Chemistry for the Environmental Sciences
Lithogenous (terrigenous) material This is from the continental land masses derived by weathering processes. The relative importance of lithogenous material in the sediments will depend upon their proximity to the continents, especially for ...
Roy M. Harrison, Stephen J. De Mora, 1996
4
Atmospheric Aerosol Properties: Formation, Processes and Impacts
pairs, for which the dependences of Ct changed synchronously but did not correlate with variations in lithogenous components as well as other elements ( only for Ni and V in Colima were changes in Ct similar to changes in Ct for Pb and Zr).
Kirill Ya. Kondratyev, Lev S. Ivlev, Vladimir F. Krapivin, 2006
5
Marine Geochemistry
1.2.1 Lithogenous Sediments The main sources of lithogenous sediments are ultimately continental rocks which have been broken up, crushed and dissolved by means of physical and chemical weathering, exposure to frost and heat, the ...
Horst D. Schulz, Matthias Zabel, 2006
6
Marine Manganese Deposits
Lithogenous material The various sedimentary mechanisms that have been proposed to explain metal accumulation in marine sediments are based largely on the association of an element with the lithogenous and/or hydrogenous ...
‎1977
7
Mineral Deposits and Earth Evolution
We shall assume that these FeHrIFeT ratios are obtained solely by the addition of recycled iron to a background lithogenous flux, /(lith.) (in units of gem-2 a-1) with Feriith = 4.0% (Raiswell & Canfield 1998) and an (Fe/W/Fe7)iith ratio of 0.26 ...
Dr. Iain McDonald, Geological Society of London, 2005
8
Understanding Our Environment: An Introduction to ...
Lithogenous (or terrigenous) material comes from the continents as a result of weathering processes. The relative contribution of lithogenous material to the sediments will depend upon proximity to the continent and the source strength of  ...
Roy M. Harrison, 1999
9
Marine Geochemistry
Following Goldberg (1954), lithogenous components are defined as those which arise from land erosion, from submarine volcanoes or from underwater weathering where the solid phase undergoes no major change during its residence in ...
Roy Chester, Tim D. Jickells, 2012
10
Coastal Wetlands: An Integrated Ecosystem Approach
Intertidal flats can consist of lithogenous or biogenous sediments or mixtures of both sediment types. Lithogenous sediments originate from eroded rock and are rich in silicates while biogenous sediments are mainly carbonates, usually ...
Gerardo M.E. Perillo, Eric Wolanski, Donald R. Cahoon, 2009

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