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Webster 1913 Edition

Syncline

Syn-cline′

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Noun.

(Geol.)

A synclinal fold.

Definition 2024

syncline

syncline

English

Noun

syncline ‎(plural synclines)

(geology) A concave-upward fold in rock strata

Antonyms

anticline

Holonyms

synform

Translations

concave upward fold — see synclinal

References

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