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orogeny

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7 lettersPronunciation /ɒˈɹɒdʒɪni/Part of speech nounSorted egnooryStarts with OEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. the process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of the earth's crust)

Word origin

From French orogénie, from Ancient Greek ὄρος (óros, “mountain, high ground”) + γενεια (geneia, “creation, birth, making”). By surface analysis, oro- + -geny.

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  • Coordinate term: taphrogeny
  • The effects of Acadian orogeny are concentrated in central Newfoundland, decreasing in intensity to the east and west (Williams, this volume).
  • When I asked Geoff Milnes what age the rocks were before they were turned into uncompromising gneisses by the Alpine orogeny he made a rueful face.

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