Meaning Of The Word Epeirogeny

Real Dictionary

What's the definition of Epeirogeny? Find Epeirogeny meanings, definitions and more at the Real Dictionary online.

Epeirogeny Meaning

Epeirogeny Definition
Epeirogeny Definition

What's The Definition Of Epeirogeny?

epeirogeny in American English
movements of uplift or depression affecting large areas of the earth's crust and producing continents, ocean basins, etc.
noun: vertical or tilting movement of the earth's crust, generally affecting broad areas of a continent

epeirogeny in British English
noun: the formation and submergence of continents by broad relatively slow displacements of the earth's crust

More Definitions

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Definitions Of The Day

  • Gooney bird ‐ noun: any of several albatrosses, esp. the black-footed…
  • Justitia ‐ noun: the ancient Roman personification…
  • Ultrarealist ‐ noun: a proponent of…
  • Fernitickle ‐ noun; noun:…
  • Contract labor ‐ noun: labor coercible by the enforceable provisions…
  • Reattain ‐ to attain (a goal, aim, level of achievement…
  • Degree ‐ any of the successive steps or stages in a process…
  • Preconcert ‐ to arrange or settle beforehand, as by agreement…
  • Sapremia ‐ a form of blood poisoning caused by toxic products…
  • Cut someone some slack ‐ to be less demanding of someone; ease up on someone…