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synclinals

synclinals is the plural of synclinal.

Meaning of synclinal

Noun

synclinal (plural synclinals)

  1. A synclinal fold.
    • But being chiefly sections of younger rocks than ours, the Austrian diagrams exhibit a more disturbed surface, so far as regards faults and slips, snapped anticlinals, upshoved synclinals, lapped folds, […]1865, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, page 195

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Questions about synclinals

What is synclinals the plural of?
Synclinals is the plural of synclinal.

Words near synclinals in the dictionary

  1. syncitin
  2. syncitium
  3. synclastic
  4. synclinal
  5. synclinally
  6. synclinals
  7. syncline
  8. synclines
  9. synclinical
  10. synclinoria
  11. synclinorium

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