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polygenetic

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polygenetic [¦päl·i·jə′ned·ik]
(geology)
Resulting from more than one process of formation or derived from more than one source, or originating or developing at various places and times.
Consisting of more than one type of material, or having a heterogeneous composition. Also known as polygenic.


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Soils, including many buried soils, sometimes manifest complex histories characterized by polygenetic or superimposed profiles.
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After the discussion of the intertextual and stylistic presence of these authors' works in L'Arcadia in Brenta, Marini aptly notes how devoting too much energies to look for the numerous sources, and analyzing the often tormented polygenetic processes of each single novella, exemplum, bischizzo, proverb, one-liner, double-entendre, canzone, repartee that make up the book is not always sufficiently relevant.
 
 
 
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