diastrophism

1. 1.

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

   Broadergeological process

Other forms of diastrophism

plural

diastrophisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about diastrophism

What does diastrophism mean?

diastrophism means "the process of deformation that produces continents and ocean basins in the earth's crust".

How many syllables are in diastrophism?

diastrophism has 5 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /daɪˈæstɹəˌfɪzəm/.