Meanings
adjectiveorogenic (not comparable)
- not comparablegeographyConcerned with orogeny; pertaining to the creation of mountains.
For Suess, summing up folding and thrusting in a dozen mountain chains, orogenic events happened when the earth shrugged violently and pulled itself together.
2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 116Synonyms: orogenous
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveConcerned with orogeny; pertaining to the creation of mountains.
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Catalan orogènic
- orogènicTranslations
Chinese Mandarin 造山
- 造山 (zàoshān)Translations
French orogénique
- orogéniqueTranslations
German gebirgsbildend
- gebirgsbildendTranslations
Greek ορογενετικός
- ορογενετικός (orogenetikós)Translations
Irish oraigineach
- oraigineachTranslations
Italian orogenico
- orogenicoTranslations
Polish orogeniczny, górotwórczy
- orogenicznyTranslations
- górotwórczyTranslations
Portuguese orogénico, orogênico
- orogénicoTranslations
- orogênicoTranslations
Spanish orogénico
- orogénicoTranslations
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