noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A unidirectional dip in strata that is not a part of an anticline or syncline
2. 2
   a geological formation in which all strata are inclined in the same direction wordnet
3. 3
   A single flexure in otherwise flat-lying strata

Etymology

From mono- + -cline.

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