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epicline

epicline noun: the region above a slope or boundary.

Noun

epicline (plural epiclines)

  1. The region above a slope or boundary

Forms of epicline

pluralepiclines

Origin of epicline

From epi- + -cline.

Questions about epicline

What does epicline mean?
Epicline means the region above a slope or boundary.
What part of speech is epicline?
Epicline is a noun.
What is the plural of epicline?
The plural of epicline is epiclines.

Words near epicline in the dictionary

  1. epicleses
  2. epiclesis
  3. epicletic
  4. epiclike
  5. epiclinal
  6. epicline
  7. epiclines
  8. epiclone
  9. epiclones
  10. epicly
  11. epicnemial

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