synclinal
Americanadjective
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sloping downward from opposite directions so as to meet in a common point or line.
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Geology.
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inclining upward on both sides from a median line or axis, as a downward fold of rock strata.
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pertaining to such a fold.
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Sediments approaching to the culm type, with similar flora and fauna, were deposited in synclinal hollows in parts of France and Spain.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
Where they dip away from the axis of movement the structure is termed an anticline or anticlinal fold; where they dip towards the axis, it is a syncline or synclinal fold.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
In describing the manner in which strata depart from their original horizontality, some technical terms, such as "dip" and "strike," "anticlinal" and "synclinal" line or axis, are used by geologists.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
Section of anticlinal valleys and synclinal mountains 78 17.
From North America by Israel C. (Cook) Russell
The next great synclinal, adjoining the Valley of Ossau, is the Valley of Lavedan, and at its head in the mountains lies Cauterets, our next point of attack.
From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Edwin Asa Dix
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