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Noun: orogeny  o'ró-ju-nee [N. Amer], ó'ró-ju-nee [Brit]
  1. The process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of the earth's crust)

Derived forms: orogenies

Type of: geologic process, geological process

Encyclopedia: Orogeny

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