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monocline

monocline noun: a unidirectional dip in strata that is not a part of an anticline or syncline.

Noun

monocline (plural monoclines)

  1. A unidirectional dip in strata that is not a part of an anticline or syncline
  2. A single flexure in otherwise flat-lying strata

monocline meaning in Tamil

monocline in Tamil

ஒரு சாய் மடிப்பு, ஒரு சரிவு வளைவு, ஒருசாய்மடுப்பு, ஒற்றைச்சரிவு

Forms of monocline

pluralmonoclines

Origin of monocline

From mono- + -cline.

Questions about monocline

What does monocline mean?
Monocline means a unidirectional dip in strata that is not a part of an anticline or syncline.
What is monocline in Tamil?
Monocline in Tamil is ஒரு சாய் மடிப்பு, ஒரு சரிவு வளைவு, ஒருசாய்மடுப்பு. See Monocline meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is monocline?
Monocline is a noun.
What is the plural of monocline?
The plural of monocline is monoclines.

Words near monocline in the dictionary

  1. monocles
  2. monoclimax
  3. monoclinal
  4. monoclinally
  5. monoclinate
  6. monocline
  7. monoclines
  8. monoclinic
  9. monoclinicity
  10. monoclinism
  11. monoclinohedral

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Adapted from Wiktionary: monocline (page history and authors); monocline (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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