Word.ws English Dictionary

telogenesis

telogenesis noun: the process of erosion and oxidation that occurs when sedimentary rocks undergo uplift.

Noun

telogenesis (uncountable)

  1. The process of erosion and oxidation that occurs when sedimentary rocks undergo uplift
    • Telogenesis may result from regression, unroofing and the introduction of surface waters or complete exposure and weathering.1983, J. Kantorowicz, “The nature, origin and distribution of authigenic clay minerals from Middle Jurassic Ravescar and Brent Group sandstones”, in Clay Minerals (1984), number 19, archived from the...
  2. The final growth state of a hair or feather follicle
    • […] after the age of 30, the percentage in anagenesis begins to fall [20] and the proportion in telogenesis increases [11].1996, (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 24

Origin of telogenesis

From telo- + -genesis.

Questions about telogenesis

What does telogenesis mean?
Telogenesis means the process of erosion and oxidation that occurs when sedimentary rocks undergo uplift.
What part of speech is telogenesis?
Telogenesis is a noun.

Words near telogenesis in the dictionary

  1. telodendrons
  2. telodynamic
  3. teloganodid
  4. telogen
  5. telogen effluvium
  6. telogenesis
  7. telogenetic
  8. telogenic
  9. telogenically
  10. telogenous
  11. telogens

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: telogenesis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “telogenesis.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/telogenesis. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.