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Monocline

Mon′o-cline

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Noun.
(Geol.)
A monoclinal fold.

Definition 2024


monocline

monocline

English

Noun

monocline (plural monoclines)

  1. (geology) A unidirectional dip in strata that is not a part of an anticline or syncline
  2. (geology) A single flexure in otherwise flat-lying strata

References

  • Dictionary of Geological Terms (Anchor Books, 1984, edited by Robert L. Bates and Julia A. Jackson)

See also


Italian

Adjective

monocline

  1. feminine plural of monoclino