EPEIROGENY

Domain	Definition
Mining	As defined by Gilbert (1890), a form of diastrophism that has produced the larger features of the continents and oceans, for example, plateaus and basins, in contrast to the more localized process of orogeny, which has produced mountain chains. Epeirogenic movements are primarily vertical, either upward or downward, and have affected large parts of the continents, not only in the cratons but also in stabilized former orogenic belts, where they have produced most of the present mountainous topography. Some epeirogenic and orogenic structures grade into each other in detail, but most of them contrast strongly. Adj. epeirogenic.Syn:epeirogenesis. (references)
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Usage Frequency: EPEIROGENY

"EPEIROGENY" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "EPEIROGENY" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Anagrams: EPEIROGENY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-e-g-i-n-o-p-r-y"
	-3 letters: epergne, epigene, epigone, greenie, peering, pereion, perigee, perigon, pioneer, pirogen, preeing, preying, progeny, pyrogen.
	-4 letters: energy, epigon, eringo, eryngo, eyeing, greeny, gripey, groyne, gyrene, ignore, opener, orpine, peeing, peerie, pereon, pigeon, pinery, pinger, pongee, poring, prying, pyrene, pyrone, region, renege, reopen, repine, roping.
	-5 letters: eerie, eying, eyrie, genie, genip, genre, genro, gipon, giron.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-e-g-i-n-o-p-r-y"
	+5 letters: epeirogenically.
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