orogeny

[lettered]

o·rog·e·ny 

 
[aw-roj-uh-nee, oh-roj-]

–noun
Geology: the process of mountain making or upheaval

Also called or·o·gen·e·sis  [awr-uh-jen-uh-sis, or-uh-]


orogenic or orogenetic
-adjective

orogenically or orogenetically
-adverb