orogenic

Concerned with orogeny; pertaining to the creation of mountains.

Adjective

  1. Concerned with orogeny; pertaining to the creation of mountains.
    • For Suess, summing up folding and thrusting in a dozen mountain chains, orogenic events happened when the earth shrugged violently and pulled itself together. - 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published...

    Synonyms: orogenous

Origin

Etymology tree English orogeny Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English orogenic From orogeny + -ic.

Antonyms

taphrogenic

Derived

anorogenic nonorogenic orogenically orogenic belt synorogenic