Dictionary

synclinal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From syn- + -clinal.

Meanings

1. Having or relating to a torsion angle between 30° and 90°
2. Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line.
   • The doctor's eyebrows had gone synclinal from puzzlement without his awareness. 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 75:
3. Formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane.
   • a synclinal trough or valley
   • a synclinal fold

Forms

Antonyms

anticlinal (antonym(s) of “geology”)

Deriveds

geosynclinal · synclinally

Translations (6)

pt sinclinal (formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane) · fi synkliininen (formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane) · pl synklinalny (formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane) · fr synclinal (formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane) · hi अभिनतीय (formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane) · cs synklinální (formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane)

synclinal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From syn- + -clinal.

Meanings

1. A synclinal fold.
   • But being chiefly sections of younger rocks than ours, the Austrian diagrams exhibit a more disturbed surface, so far as regards faults and slips, snapped anticlinals, upshoved synclinals, lapped folds, […] 1865, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, page 195:

Forms

Translations (41)

sh cинклинала (synclinal fold) · tr senklinal (synclinal fold) · ml അഭിനതി (synclinal fold) · fa ناودیس (synclinal fold) · be сінкліналь (synclinal fold) · vi nếp uốn lõm (synclinal fold) · vi nếp lõm (synclinal fold) · ru синклинальная скла́дка (synclinal fold) · ca sinclinal (synclinal fold) · sl sinklinala (synclinal fold) · it sinclinale (synclinal fold) · de Synklinale (synclinal fold) · cs synklinála (synclinal fold) · ka სინკლინი (synclinal fold) · ro sinclinal (synclinal fold) · es sinclinal (synclinal fold) · eu sinklinal (synclinal fold) · hi अभिनति (synclinal fold) · et sünklinaal (synclinal fold) · pl synklina (synclinal fold) · fr synclinal (synclinal fold) · cmn 向斜 (synclinal fold) · sh sinklinala (synclinal fold) · ru геосинклиналь (synclinal fold) · ja 向斜 (synclinal fold) · no synklinal (synclinal fold) · pt sinclínio (synclinal fold) · eo synklinale (synclinal fold) · nn synklinal (synclinal fold) · bg синклинала (synclinal fold) · pl łęk (synclinal fold) · fi synkliini (synclinal fold) · kk cинклиналь (synclinal fold) · ru синклиналь (synclinal fold) · ga cuaschlaonas (synclinal fold) · be сінклінальная складка (synclinal fold) · sk synklinála (synclinal fold) · be геасінкліналь (synclinal fold) · nl syncline (synclinal fold) · he קער (synclinal fold) · uk синкліна́ль (synclinal fold)