The Collaborative International Dictionary
Autogenous soldering
Autogenous \Au*tog"e*nous\, a. [Gr. ?; ? self + root of ? to be born.]
(Biol.) Self-generated; produced independently.
(Anat.) Developed from an independent center of ossification.
--Owen.-
a. Autogenetic.
Autogenous soldering, the junction by fusion of the joining edges of metals without the intervention of solder.