autogeosyncline
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A parageosyncline that subsides as an elliptical basin or trough nearly without associated highlands. Also known as intracratonic basin.
Etymology
From auto- + geosyncline.