Synclinal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Synclinal is an adjective meaning (chemistry) Having or relating to a torsion angle between 30° and 90°.
Meaning
(chemistry) Having or relating to a torsion angle between 30° and 90°.
More Meanings
- Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line.
- (geology) Formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane.
- (geology) A synclinal fold.
Example Sentences
a synclinal fold
a synclinal trough or valley
The doctor's eyebrows had gone synclinal from puzzlement without his awareness.
But being chiefly sections of younger rocks than ours, the Austrian diagrams exhibit a more disturbed surface, so far as regards faults and slips, snapped anticlinals, upshoved synclinals, lapped folds, […]
Word Forms
- synclinals
Antonyms for synclinal
Common opposites include anticlinal.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include clinal, synclinical, synclastic, isoclinal, anticlinal, homoclinal.
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