OROGENY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does orogeny mean? 

• OROGENY (noun)
  The noun OROGENY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: OROGENY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OROGENY (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)