diastrophism
n.
5< Gr diastrophc, distortion < diastrephein, to turn aside, distort < dia3, aside + strephein, to turn (see STROPHE) + 3ISM6
1 the process by which the earth‘s surface is reshaped through rock movements and displacements
2 formations so made
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adj.