synclinal

American  

[sin-klahyn-l, sing-, sing-kli-nl] / sɪnˈklaɪn l, sɪŋ-, ˈsɪŋ klɪ nl /

adjective

1. sloping downward from opposite directions so as to meet in a common point or line.

2. Geology.

   1. inclining upward on both sides from a median line or axis, as a downward fold of rock strata.

   2. pertaining to such a fold.

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Other Word Forms

• synclinally
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of synclinal

1825–35; syn- + Greek klī́n ( ein ) to lean ¹ + -al ¹

Example Sentences

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synclinal

The coal-field is synclinal in structure, Port Seton being about the centre; it contains ten seams of coal, and the area covered by it is some 30 sq. m.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

The anticlinal ridges have thus been transformed 78 into topographic valleys and the original synclinal troughs left in relief as plateaus and ridges.

From North America by Israel C. (Cook) Russell

At Donegal Bay the Lower Carboniferous sandstone and limestone come in as a synclinal, and the limestone extends to Bundoran.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various

Section of anticlinal valleys and synclinal mountains 78 17.

From North America by Israel C. (Cook) Russell

These bands are often concealed by more recent deposits, but it is clear that in this region the Devonian beds form a basin or synclinal with the Amazon for its axis.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various