Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Synclinal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Synclinal \Syn*cli"nal\, a. [Gr. ? to incline together; sy`n
with + ? to incline.]
1. Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet
in a common point or line.
2. (Geol.) Formed by strata dipping toward a common line or
plane; as, a synclinal trough or valley; a synclinal fold;
-- opposed to anticlinal.
Note: A downward flexure in the case of folded rocks makes a
synclinal axis, and the alternating upward flexure an
anticlinal axis.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Synclinal \Syn*cli"nal\, n. (Geol.)
A synclinal fold.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
synclinal
adj : (geology) sloping downward toward each other to create a
trough [ant: {anticlinal}]
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