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syncline(dictionary)

syncline (iou)



syncline noun. L19.
[formed as SYNCLINAL after incline.]
Geology. A fold from whose axis the strata incline upwards on either side. Opp. ANTICLINE.
syncli'norium noun, pl. -ria , a system of folds which has an overall synclinal form L19.