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geosynclines

geosynclines is the plural of geosyncline.

Meaning of geosyncline

Noun

geosyncline (plural geosynclines)

  1. (dated) A large, linear depression in the Earth's crust in which sediment accumulates.
    • Forty years ago the crumpled and complex Mobile Belt of Newfoundland would have been considered a typical result of a deformed geosyncline.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 173

Questions about geosynclines

What is geosynclines the plural of?
Geosynclines is the plural of geosyncline.

Words near geosynclines in the dictionary

  1. geosynchronously
  2. geosynchrotron
  3. geosynclinal
  4. geosynclinals
  5. geosyncline
  6. geosynclines
  7. geosynonym
  8. geosynonyms
  9. geosynthetic
  10. geosynthetics
  11. geosystem

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