Found 3 hits - Term: synclinal, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
synclinal \syncli"nal\, a. gr. ? to incline together; sy`n
with + ? to incline.
1. inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet
in a common point or line.
1913 webster
2. geol. formed by strata dipping toward a common line or
plane; as, a synclinal trough or valley; a synclinal fold;
-- opposed to anticlinal.
1913 webster
note: a downward flexure in the case of folded rocks makes a
synclinal axis, and the alternating upward flexure an
anticlinal axis.
1913 webster
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
synclinal \syncli"nal\, n. geol.
a synclinal fold.
1913 webster
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
synclinal
adj : sloping downward toward each other to create a trough ant:
anticlinal
see also:
anticlinal
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