synclinal

English

Etymology

From syn- + -clinal.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aɪnəl

Adjective

synclinal (comparative more synclinal, superlative most synclinal)

  1. (chemistry) Describing a torsion angle between 30° and 90°
  2. Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line.
  3. (geology) Formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane.
    a synclinal trough or valley; a synclinal fold

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Translations

Noun

synclinal (plural synclinals)

  1. (geology) A synclinal fold.
    • 1865, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, page 195:
      But being chiefly sections of younger rocks than ours, the Austrian diagrams exhibit a more disturbed surface, so far as regards faults and slips, snapped anticlinals, upshoved synclinals, lapped folds, []

Translations

French

Adjective

synclinal (feminine synclinale, masculine plural synclinaux, feminine plural synclinales)

  1. synclinal

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