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Formation of continents, ocean basins and plateaus via movements of earth's crust.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: geography, geology, geomorphology, natural-sciences
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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἤπειρος (ḗpeiros, “land”) + -genesis.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Greek:
ηπειρογένεση
(ipeirogénesi)
— formation of continents, etc via movements of earth's crust
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Irish:
eipirigineas
— formation of continents, etc via movements of earth's crust
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Portuguese:
epirogênese
— formation of continents, etc via movements of earth's crust
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Portuguese:
epirogénese
— formation of continents, etc via movements of earth's crust