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单词 orogenetic
释义

orogeneticadj.

Brit. /ˌɒrəʊdʒᵻˈnɛtɪk/, /ˌɔːrəʊdʒᵻˈnɛtɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌɔroʊdʒəˈnɛdɪk/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: oro- comb. form1, -genetic comb. form.
Etymology: < oro- comb. form1 + -genetic comb. form, after orogenesis n. Compare slightly earlier orogenic adj.
Geology.
= orogenic adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [adjective] > orogenesis
orogenic1885
orogenetic1888
synorogenic1936
1888 J. J. H. Teall Brit. Petrogr. 441 Orogenetic, that which relates to the formation of mountains.
1925 J. Joly Surface-hist. Earth i. 24 The orogenetic movements which developed the Appalachians.
1956 Nature 28 Jan. 156/2 The rate of cooling [of the earth] was greater in the past.., and this suggests that orogenetic activity may have decreased.
1998 Limnol. & Oceanogr. 43 44/2 This orogenetic movement continued throughout the Pontian, with the site of the present south Caspian sagging and disconnecting from the Black Sea.

Derivatives

orogeˈnetically adv. as regards orogenesis; through the agency of orogenesis.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [adverb] > orogenesis
orogenetically1921
orogenically1935
1921 Geogr. Jrnl. 57 95 A bold relief of the sea-bottom is..apt to indicate portions of the Earth's crust which..continue to be orogenetically active.
1923 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 34 158 There must have been another crustal element orogenetically connected with it.
1983 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 70 799/1 Many of the woody endemics..have been derived paedomorphically from herbaceous perennial mainland ancestors in temperate, orogenetically active, Andean regions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1888
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