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OROGENY
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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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