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orogeny Definition


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orogeny
orogenesis
noun
    orogenies, orogeneses
    1. geol.
      The process of mountain-building, often lasting for hundreds of millions of years, involving deformation and the subsequent uplift of rocks within the mountains.
Derivative: orogenic
adj
    Etymology: Late 19c: from Greek oros mountain.



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