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oreforming

oreforming noun: the process of forming an ore.

Noun

oreforming (uncountable)

  1. The process of forming an ore.
    • Accepting that hydrothermal ores may form specifically from anomalously metal-rich batches of fluid implies geochemically specialized source regions and an episodicity and potentially short duration of oreforming events that may be controlled by changes in hydrology.2009 February 6, Jamie J. Wilkinson et al., “Anomalously Metal-Rich Fluids Form Hydrothermal Ore Deposits”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 764–767

Origin of oreforming

From ore + forming.

Questions about oreforming

What does oreforming mean?
Oreforming means the process of forming an ore.
What part of speech is oreforming?
Oreforming is a noun.

Words near oreforming in the dictionary

  1. oredelf
  2. Oredezh
  3. Oree
  4. orefield
  5. orefields
  6. oreforming
  7. Oreg
  8. oreganillo
  9. oregano
  10. oreganoed
  11. oreganos

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