Monocline Definition

mŏnə-klīn
noun
A monoclinal rock fold or structure.
Webster's New World

(geology) A unidirectional dip in strata that is not a part of an anticline or syncline.

Wiktionary

(geology) A single flexure in otherwise flat-lying strata.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Monocline

Noun

Singular:
monocline
Plural:
monoclines

Origin of Monocline

  • mono- +"Ž -cline

    From Wiktionary

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