isocline

American

[ahy-suh-klahyn] / ˈaɪ səˌklaɪn /

noun

Geology.

a fold of strata so tightly compressed that both limbs dip in the same direction.

isocline British

/ ˈaɪsəʊˌklaɪn /

noun

a series of rock strata with isoclinal folds
another name for isoclinal

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isocline Scientific

/ ī′sə-klīn′ /

A geologic fold that has two parallel limbs.
See illustration at fold

Etymology

Origin of isocline

First recorded in 1885–90; back formation from isoclinal

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isocline

At the tide line a woven mat of weeds and the ribs of fishes in their millions stretching along the shore as far as eye could see like an isocline of death.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

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