OROGENY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("orogeny" is a kind of...):

geologic process; geological process ((geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified)

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