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orthotectonic

orthotectonic adjective: produced by an orthogeosyncline.

Adjective

orthotectonic (not comparable)

  1. Produced by an orthogeosyncline

Origin of orthotectonic

From ortho- + tectonic.

Questions about orthotectonic

What does orthotectonic mean?
Orthotectonic means produced by an orthogeosyncline.
What part of speech is orthotectonic?
Orthotectonic is an adjective.

Words near orthotectonic in the dictionary

  1. orthotactic
  2. orthotactically
  3. orthotactics
  4. orthotaxa
  5. orthotaxon
  6. orthotectonic
  7. orthoteliine
  8. orthoteliines
  9. orthotellurate
  10. orthotellurates
  11. orthotenies

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