Associations to the word «Diastrophism»

Wiktionary

DIASTROPHISM, noun. (geology) The deformation of the Earth's crust to form the continents, mountains and other large features

Dictionary definition

DIASTROPHISM, noun. The process of deformation that produces continents and ocean basins in the earth's crust.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats