Definitions for synclinal

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synclinal syn·cli·nal

Spelling: [sin-klahyn-l, sing-, sing-kli-nl]

IPA: /sɪnˈklaɪn l, sɪŋ-, ˈsɪŋ klɪ nl/

Synclinal is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 233 anagrams from letters in synclinal (acillnnsy).

Definitions for synclinal

adjective

1. sloping downward from opposite directions so as to meet in a common point or line.
2. Geology. inclining upward on both sides from a median line or axis, as a downward fold of rock strata. pertaining to such a fold.

Origin of synclinal

1825-35; syn- + Greek klī́n(ein) to lean¹ + -al¹

Examples for synclinal

If an anticlinal arch be a weak structure, a synclinal arrangement of strata is quite the opposite.

synclinal strata therefore endure, while anticlinal strata are worn more readily away.

Take, for example, one of the synclinal folds in the Appalachian chain.