Orogeny

//ɒˈɹɒdʒɪni// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust. countable, uncountable

    "Coordinate term: taphrogeny"

  2. 2
    the process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of the earth's crust) wordnet

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mountain buildingmountain buildingorogenesistectogenesis

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"The effects of Acadian orogeny are concentrated in central Newfoundland, decreasing in intensity to the east and west (Williams, this volume)."

Etymology

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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