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Diastrophism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Diastrophism has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the process of deformation that produces continents and ocean basins in the earth's crust

2

The deformation of the Earth's crust to form the continents, mountains and other large features

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
geological process
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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