orogenesis

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The process of mountain formation by deformation of the Earth's crust.

Similar words

collisional hercynian orogeny orogen orogenous zone pedogenesis telogenesis epeirogenesis epigenesis geoformation

Often followed by

and in is of are was the during to

Word family

orogeneses orogenetic orogenic orogeny