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geosynclinal

geosynclinal adjective: of the Earth's crust, bending downward or subsiding and permitting the gradual accumulation of sediment.

Adjective

geosynclinal (not comparable)

  1. Of the Earth's crust, bending downward or subsiding and permitting the gradual accumulation of sediment.
  2. Of or pertaining to a geosyncline

Noun

geosynclinal (plural geosynclinals)

  1. geosyncline

Antonyms of geosynclinal

Forms of geosynclinal

pluralgeosynclinals

Origin of geosynclinal

From geo- + synclinal.

Words that rhyme with geosynclinal

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Questions about geosynclinal

What does geosynclinal mean?
Geosynclinal means of the Earth's crust, bending downward or subsiding and permitting the gradual accumulation of sediment.
What part of speech is geosynclinal?
Geosynclinal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near geosynclinal in the dictionary

  1. geosynchronicity
  2. geosynchronous
  3. geosynchronous orbit
  4. geosynchronously
  5. geosynchrotron
  6. geosynclinal
  7. geosynclinals
  8. geosyncline
  9. geosynclines
  10. geosynonym
  11. geosynonyms

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