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cognate
related by blood or descended from a common maternal ancestor
cognate [‚käg‚nāt]
(geology)
Pertaining to contemporaneous fractures in a system with regard to time of origin and deformational type.
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Cognates are words that have a similar meaning and form across languages, often descending from the same ancient language; for example, "cold" is a cognate of the German word "kalt" since they both descended from Middle English.
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Some cognates are followed by a common phrase or expression, which is also recorded.
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