SYNCLINAL

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line.

2.
a.

Formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane; as, a synclinal trough or valley; a synclinal fold; -- opposed to anticlinal.

3.
n.

A synclinal fold.


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