Basculation

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The replacement of a retroverted uterus by swinging it into its place. archaic, uncountable

    "This twofold movement upon the centre, - this basculation, - has succeeded in cases where the elevation, singly, has been unsuccessful."

  2. 2
    The tilting of a geological layer.

    "And during the Middle and Upper Carboniferous the basculation of the palaeozoic deposits was produced forming nowadays a monoclinal system in the northern border of the Tinduf depression […]"

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"This twofold movement upon the centre, - this basculation, - has succeeded in cases where the elevation, singly, has been unsuccessful."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From bascule + -ation.

Etymology 2

From Spanish basculación.

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