Downflexing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Downflexing is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of downflex.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of downflex.
More Meanings
- An act of downflexing or an instance where something has been downflexed.
Example Sentences
In certain regions of horizontal platform strata, there occur sharp downflexings of strata in the form of monoclines.
Thus the "step-like thickening of the crust" mentioned by Sobczak & Stephens (1974) may be coincident with a block fault system at the margin of the Franklinian geosyncline, movements along which caused downflexing and subsidence that controlled trough sedimentation.
Word Forms
- downflexings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include downflex, downfolding, deflation, falldown, deflexibilization, downfalling.
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