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orogen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables
oro-gen
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Rock deformed by orogeny; a belt of such rock(s).

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

See orogeny and -gen.

Usage

Inflected Forms

orogens (plural)

Questions

What does orogen mean?
Rock deformed by orogeny; a belt of such rock(s).
Where does orogen come from?
See orogeny and -gen.

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