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orocline

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oro-cline
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mountain belt whose process of deformation is visible.

noun

Any mountain belt with significant curvature.

Etymology

Coined by Carey in 1955. ("The orocline concept in geotectonics", Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 89: 255-288)

Inflected Forms

oroclines (plural)

Derived Forms

oroclinal

Frequently Paired Words

orogenesis orogenous orogeny

Questions

What does orocline mean?
A mountain belt whose process of deformation is visible.
Where does orocline come from?
Coined by Carey in 1955. ("The orocline concept in geotectonics", Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 89: 255-288)

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