isocline

American  

[ahy-suh-klahyn] / ˈaɪ səˌklaɪn /

noun

Geology.

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

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isocline British  

/ ˈaɪsəʊˌklaɪn /

noun

1. a series of rock strata with isoclinal folds

2. another name for isoclinal

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isocline Scientific  

/ ī′sə-klīn′ /

1. A geologic fold that has two parallel limbs.

2. See illustration at fold

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Etymology

Origin of isocline

First recorded in 1885–90; back formation from isoclinal

Example Sentences

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 Literature

Mostly his role in politics seems to define the line, some invisible, shifting isocline of permissibility, of what will be allowed of independent political figures here today.

From New York Times