monoclinal

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English

Etymology

From mono- +‎ -clinal.

Adjective

monoclinal (not comparable)

  1. (geology) Having one oblique inclination; applied to strata that dip in only one direction from the axis of elevation.
    Synonym: uniclinal
    monoclinal fold
    monoclinal ridge
    monoclinal structure

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for monoclinal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

Adjective

monoclinal (feminine monoclinale, masculine plural monoclinaux, feminine plural monoclinales)

  1. monoclinal

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French monoclinal.

Adjective

monoclinal m or n (feminine singular monoclinală, masculine plural monoclinali, feminine and neuter plural monoclinale)

  1. monoclinal

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite monoclinal monoclinală monoclinali monoclinale
definite monoclinalul monoclinala monoclinalii monoclinalele
genitive-
dative
indefinite monoclinal monoclinale monoclinali monoclinale
definite monoclinalului monoclinalei monoclinalilor monoclinalelor