monoclinal

[ mon-uh-klahyn-l ]

adjective

1. noting, pertaining to, or composed of strata dipping in only one direction.

noun

1. monocline.

Other Words From

• mono·clinal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of monoclinal¹

1835–45; mono- + Greek klī́n ( ein ) to incline + -al ¹

Example Sentences

The great monoclinal fold which formed the eastern face of the east Australian highlands, west of Sydney, is of later age.

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