syncline

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
16
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈsɪn.klaɪn/(US)
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/ˈsɪn.klaɪn/(US) · [ˈsɪŋˌklaɪn](US)

Definition of syncline

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A concave-upward fold in rock strata
    “Fontaine de Vaucluse, France, is the deepest known karst spring, -315 m. Lower parts were explored by a robot submersible. It is probably the ascending limb of a single loop in a syncline.”

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Etymology

From syn- + -cline.

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