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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Through the centre of this valley runs an imaginary line A, called technically a "synclinal line," where the beds, which are tilted in opposite directions, may be supposed to meet.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
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
The drainage of the belt as a whole is anticlinal to a marked degree, for the three main synclinal lines are lines of great elevation, and the anticlines are invariably valleys.
From History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia by Head, James William
Immature conglomerate—that is, a pudding of pebbles and hardened clay—seems to have been deposited in the synclinal curve of the bed-rock, principally slate.
From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Section of anticlinal valleys and synclinal mountains 78 17.
From North America by Russell, Israel C. (Cook)
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