Category:Hypogene

Hyp"o*gene, a. Etym: [Pref. hypo- + the root of Gr. hypogène.] (Geol.)

Defn: Formed or crystallized at depths the earth's surface; -- said of granite, gneiss, and other rocks, whose crystallization is believed of have taken place beneath a great thickness of overlying rocks. Opposed to epigene.