Associations to the word «Orogeny»

Wiktionary

OROGENY, noun. (geology) the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust.

Dictionary definition

OROGENY, noun. The process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of 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