orogenic
English
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Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɒɹə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪk/
Adjective
orogenic (not comparable)
- (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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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French orogénique.
Adjective
orogenic m or n (feminine singular orogenică, masculine plural orogenici, feminine/neuter plural orogenice)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||