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orogen

[ awr-uh-jen, -juhn, ohr- ]

noun

, Geology.
  1. an extensive belt of rocks deformed by orogeny, associated in places with plutonic and metamorphic rocks.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of orogen1

< German (1921); oro- 1, -gen

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