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English
Etymology
From orogeny + -ic.
Pronunciation
Adjective
orogenic (comparative more orogenic, superlative most orogenic)
- (geology) Concerned with orogeny; pertaining to the creation of mountains.
- Synonym: orogenous
2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 116:For Suess, summing up folding and thrusting in a dozen mountain chains, orogenic events happened when the earth shrugged violently and pulled itself together.
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French orogénique.
Adjective
orogenic m or n (feminine singular orogenică, masculine plural orogenici, feminine and neuter plural orogenice)
- orogenic
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