orogenesis

See also: orogénesis

English

Etymology

oro- +‎ -genesis

Noun

orogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural orogeneses)

1. (geology) The process of mountain formation by deformation of the Earth's crust.

Synonyms

• orogeny

Translations

the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust

• Arabic: تَكَوُّنُ الجِبَالِ m (takawwunu l-jibāli)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 造山運動／造山运动 (zh) (zàoshān yùndòng)

• Czech: orogeneze f
• Dutch: orogenese f
• Georgian: ოროგენეზისი (orogenezisi), მთათწარმოქმნა (mtatc̣armokmna), ოროგენეზი (orogenezi), ოროგენი (orogeni)
• German: Orogenese f, Gebirgsbildung (de) f
• Greek: ορογένεση (el) f (orogénesi)
• Irish: oraigineas m
• Japanese: 造山運動 (ja) (ぞうざんうんどう, zōzanundō)
• Kazakh: орогенез (orogenez)
• Korean: 조산운동(造山運動) (ko) (josanundong)
• Latin: orogenesis f
• Persian: کوه‌زایی (fa)
• Portuguese: orogênese (pt) m (Brazil), orogénese (pt) m (Portugal)
• Russian: горообразование (ru) n (goroobrazovanije), орогенез (ru) m (orogenez)
• Tamil: மலை பிறப்பு (malai piṟappu)
• Thai: การก่อเทือกเขา
• Turkish: orojenez (tr)
• Uzbek: orogenez
• Vietnamese: kiến tạo sơn (建造山), kiến tạo núi (建造𡶀)