Synclinal

Origin

From - + clinal + -.

Full definition of synclinal

Adjective

1. (chemistry) Describing a torsion angle between 30° and 90°
2. Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line.
• 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 75:The doctor's eyebrows had gone synclinal from puzzlement without his awareness.
3. (geology) Formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane.a synclinal trough or valley; a synclinal fold

Antonyms

• (geology) anticlinal

Noun

1. (geology) A synclinal fold.