Definition of "palingenesis" in Englisch

noun

1. (uncountable, also figuratively) Rebirth; regeneration; (countable) an instance of this.

2. (uncountable, biology, chiefly historical or obsolete) The apparent repetition, during the development of a single embryo, of changes that occurred previously in the evolution of its species.

3. (uncountable, geology) The regeneration of magma by the melting of metamorphic rocks.