orogenic
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orogenic (comparative more orogenic, superlative most orogenic)
- (geology) Concerned with orogeny; pertaining to the creation of mountains.
- Synonym: orogenous
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 116:
- For Suess, summing up folding and thrusting in a dozen mountain chains, orogenic events happened when the earth shrugged violently and pulled itself together.
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Borrowed from French orogénique.
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orogenic m or n (feminine singular orogenică, masculine plural orogenici, feminine and neuter plural orogenice)
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Declension of orogenic
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | orogenic | orogenică | orogenici | orogenice | ||
definite | orogenicul | orogenica | orogenicii | orogenicele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | orogenic | orogenice | orogenici | orogenice | ||
definite | orogenicului | orogenicei | orogenicilor | orogenicelor |