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synclinical

synclinical is the alternative form of synclinal.

Meaning of synclinal

Adjective

synclinal (comparative more synclinal, superlative most synclinal)

  1. Having or relating to a torsion angle between 30° and 90°
  2. Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line.
    • The doctor's eyebrows had gone synclinal from puzzlement without his awareness.1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 75
  3. Formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane.
    • a synclinal trough or valley

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Forms of synclinical

comparativemore synclinical
superlativemost synclinical

Questions about synclinical

What is synclinical the alternative form of?
Synclinical is the alternative form of synclinal.

Words near synclinical in the dictionary

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

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