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orogenic

UK/ɒɹə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪk/

orogenic adjective: concerned with orogeny; pertaining to the creation of mountains.

Adjective

orogenic (not comparable)

  1. Concerned with orogeny; pertaining to the creation of mountains.
    • For Suess, summing up folding and thrusting in a dozen mountain chains, orogenic events happened when the earth shrugged violently and pulled itself together.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 116
    Synonyms:
    orogenous

orogenic meaning in Tamil and Bengali

orogenic in Tamil

மலையாக்க வளர்ச்சிக்குரிய

orogenic in Bengali

গিরিজনি সংক্রান্ত, পাহাড় সৃষ্টির সাথে সম্পর্কিত

Synonyms of orogenic

Antonyms

Origin of orogenic

From orogeny + -ic.

Words formed from orogenic

Phrases with orogenic

Questions about orogenic

What does orogenic mean?
Orogenic means concerned with orogeny; pertaining to the creation of mountains.
What is orogenic in Tamil?
Orogenic in Tamil is மலையாக்க வளர்ச்சிக்குரிய. See Orogenic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is orogenic?
Orogenic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce orogenic?
Orogenic is pronounced /ɒɹə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪk/ (UK).

Words near orogenic in the dictionary

  1. orogastrointestinal
  2. orogen
  3. orogeneses
  4. orogenesis
  5. orogenetic
  6. orogenic
  7. orogenic belt
  8. orogenic belts
  9. orogenically
  10. orogenies
  11. orogenital

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orogenic (page history and authors); orogenic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); orogenic (Bengali 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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