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MONOCLINE

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mon⋅o⋅cline

[mon-uh-klahyn]
–noun Geology.
a monoclinal structure or fold.

Origin:
1875–80; back formation from monoclinal
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mon·o·cline   (mŏn'ə-klīn')   
n.  A geologic structure in which all layers are inclined in the same direction.
mon'o·cli'nal adj.
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