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synclines

synclines is the plural of syncline.

Meaning of syncline

Noun

syncline (plural synclines)

  1. A concave-upward fold in rock strata
    • Fontaine de Vaucluse, France, is the deepest known karst spring, -315 m. Lower parts were explored by a robot submersible. It is probably the ascending limb of a single loop in a syncline.1988, Noel P. James, Philip W. Choquette, editors, Paleokarst, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 36

Questions about synclines

What is synclines the plural of?
Synclines is the plural of syncline.

Words near synclines in the dictionary

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

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