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synclinal
[ sin-klahyn-l, sing-, sing-kli-nl ]
adjective
- sloping downward from opposite directions so as to meet in a common point or line.
- Geology.
- inclining upward on both sides from a median line or axis, as a downward fold of rock strata.
- pertaining to such a fold.
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Other Words From
- syn·clinal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of synclinal1
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Example Sentences
Many such synclinal mountains or plateaus, separated by narrower anticlinal valleys, occur throughout the Appalachians.
The high synclinal coal-field forms the most important feature of the north of the county.
Take, for example, one of the synclinal folds in the Appalachian chain.
If an anticlinal arch be a weak structure, a synclinal arrangement of strata is quite the opposite.
Synclinal strata therefore endure, while anticlinal strata are worn more readily away.
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