cryogenesis
The English word “cryogenesis” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
- The combination of thermophysical, physiochemical, physiomechanical processes occurring in freezing and thawing earth materials.
- The geologic processes that create permafrost.
- The process of mediablasting a surface with dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide).
Etymology
From cryo- + -genesis.
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