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adjective
1.
sloping downward from opposite directions so as to meet in a common point or line.
2.
Geology.
a.
inclining upward on both sides from a median line or axis, as a downward fold of rock strata.
b.
pertaining to such a fold.
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Synclinal
is always a great word to know.
So is infiltration. Does it mean:
| seepage of water into soil or rock |
| process where the surface of the earth is worn away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves |
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World English Dictionary
| syncline (ˈsɪŋklaɪn) | |
| —n | |
| Compare anticline a downward fold of stratified rock in which the strata slope towards a vertical axis | |
| [C19: from | |
| syn'clinal | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
synclinal
"sloping downward on both sides," 1833 (in Lyell), from Gk. synklinein "to incline, lean," from syn- "together" + klinein "to slope" (see lean (v.)).
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