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orogenesis

noun

orogenesis

noun

Etymology From oro- + -genesis.

1

Geography, Geology, Natural sciences The process of mountain formation by deformation of the Earth's crust.

Synonyms
orogeny

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.