Usually means: Mountain formation through tectonic processes.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. orogenic: Merriam-Webster
  2. orogenic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. orogenic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. orogenic: Wordnik
  5. orogenic: Wiktionary
  6. orogenic: Dictionary.com
  7. Orogenic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. orogenic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. orogenic: Encyclopedia

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See orogeny as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (orogenic)

▸ adjective:  (geology) Concerned with orogeny; pertaining to the creation of mountains.

Similar:
orogenous, orogenetic, orographic, oreographic, orographical, synorogenic, oreographical, geogonic, Orontian, oreological, more...

Opposite:
abyssal, sedimentary, volcanic, non-orogenic

Phrases:
orogenic belt, Orogenic gold deposit, more...

Adjectives:
late, pre, early, post, major, active, recent, great, several

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Similar:
orogenous, orogenetic, orographic, oreographic, orographical, synorogenic, oreographical, geogonic, Orontian, oreological, more...

Opposite:
abyssal, sedimentary, volcanic, non-orogenic

Phrases:
orogenic belt, Orogenic gold deposit, more...

Adjectives:
late, pre, early, post, major, active, recent, great, several



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