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epeirogenesis

epeirogenesis noun: formation of continents, ocean basins and plateaus via movements of earth's crust.

Noun

epeirogenesis (uncountable)

  1. Formation of continents, ocean basins and plateaus via movements of earth's crust.

epeirogenesis meaning in Tamil

epeirogenesis in Tamil

பெரும் நிலப்பகுதி ஆக்கம்

Origin of epeirogenesis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἤπειρος (ḗpeiros, “land”) + -genesis.

Questions about epeirogenesis

What does epeirogenesis mean?
Epeirogenesis means formation of continents, ocean basins and plateaus via movements of earth's crust.
What is epeirogenesis in Tamil?
Epeirogenesis in Tamil is பெரும் நிலப்பகுதி ஆக்கம். See Epeirogenesis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is epeirogenesis?
Epeirogenesis is a noun.

Words near epeirogenesis in the dictionary

  1. epees
  2. Epeiph
  3. epeiric
  4. epeirid
  5. epeirids
  6. epeirogenesis
  7. epeirogenetic
  8. epeirogenic
  9. epeirogenically
  10. epeirogenies
  11. epeirogeny

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Adapted from Wiktionary: epeirogenesis (page history and authors); epeirogenesis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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