diastrophism

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  1. noun The process of deformation by which the major features of the earth's crust, including continents, mountains, ocean beds, folds, and faults, are formed.

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  1. From Greek diastrophē, distortion, from diastrephein, to distort : dia-, apart; see dia- + strephein, to twist; see streb(h)- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Greek διαστροφή, distortion, + -ism.
 

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/daɪˈæstrəfɪzm/
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