synclinal
About 0.07 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Having or relating to a torsion angle between 30° and 90°
- adjective Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line.
- adjective Formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane.
a synclinal trough or valley
- noun A synclinal fold.
Similar words
clinal synclinical synclastic isoclinal anticlinal homoclinal pseudoaxial diclinic monoclinic mericlinal
Often followed by
structure axis fold trough basin folds troughs basins structures valleys
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