orogenic

From orogeny +‎ -ic.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɒɹə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪk/

orogenic (comparative more orogenic, superlative most orogenic)

1. (geology) Concerned with orogeny; pertaining to the creation of mountains.

   Synonym: orogenous

   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 116:

     For Suess, summing up folding and thrusting in a dozen mountain chains, orogenic events happened when the earth shrugged violently and pulled itself together.

• taphrogenic

Borrowed from French orogénique.

orogenic m or n (feminine singular orogenică, masculine plural orogenici, feminine and neuter plural orogenice)

1. orogenic