DIASTROPHISM


Meaning of DIASTROPHISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dī-ˈas-trə-ˌfi-zəm ]

noun

Etymology: Greek diastrophē twisting, from diastrephein to distort, from dia- + strephein to twist

Date: 1890

: tectonism

• di·a·stroph·ic ˌdī-ə-ˈsträ-fik adjective

• di·a·stroph·i·cal·ly -fi-k(ə-)lē adverb

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