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orocline

orocline noun: a mountain belt whose process of deformation is visible.

Noun

orocline (plural oroclines)

  1. A mountain belt whose process of deformation is visible.
  2. Any mountain belt with significant curvature.

Forms of orocline

pluraloroclines

Origin of orocline

Coined by Carey in 1955. ("The orocline concept in geotectonics", Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 89: 255-288)

Words formed from orocline

Questions about orocline

What does orocline mean?
Orocline means a mountain belt whose process of deformation is visible.
What part of speech is orocline?
Orocline is a noun.
What is the plural of orocline?
The plural of orocline is oroclines.

Words near orocline in the dictionary

  1. Orochon
  2. Orochons
  3. Orocio
  4. Orocios
  5. oroclinal
  6. orocline
  7. oroclines
  8. Orocovis
  9. orocutaneous
  10. orodental
  11. Orodes

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