geosyncline

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
21
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/dʒiːəʊˈsɪŋklʌɪn/(UK)

Definition of geosyncline

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (dated)A large, linear depression in the Earth's crust in which sediment accumulates.
    “Forty years ago the crumpled and complex Mobile Belt of Newfoundland would have been considered a typical result of a deformed geosyncline.”

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Etymology

Back-formation from geosynclinal.

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