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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Uplift or depression of the earth's crust, affecting large areas of land or ocean bottom.
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- noun geomorphology broad regional
upwarp of thecratonic portions of continents
Etymologies
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[Greek ēpeiros, continent + –geny.]
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epeiro- + -geny
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