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English
Etymology
From syn- + -clinal.
Pronunciation
Adjective
synclinal (comparative more synclinal, superlative most synclinal)
- (chemistry) Describing a torsion angle between 30° and 90°
- Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line.
- (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)
- (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, […]
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French
Adjective
synclinal (feminine synclinale, masculine plural synclinaux, feminine plural synclinales)
- synclinal
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