Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

synclinal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables: syn-cli-nal
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having or relating to a torsion angle between 30° and 90°

adj

Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line.

adj

Formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane.

noun

A synclinal fold.

Example Sentences

"The doctor's eyebrows had gone synclinal from puzzlement without his awareness."
"a synclinal trough or valley"
"a synclinal fold"
"But being chiefly sections of younger rocks than ours, the Austrian diagrams exhibit a more disturbed surface, so far as regards faults and slips, snapped anticlinals, upshoved synclinals, lapped folds, […]"

Etymology

From syn- + -clinal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: syn
Root: *ḱley-
Suffix: clinal

Inflected Forms

more synclinal (comparative) most synclinal (superlative) synclinals (plural)

Derived Forms

geosynclinal synclinally

Antonyms

anticlinal

Rhymes With

final vinyl spinal vaginal intestinal semifinal doctrinal quarterfinal urinal cerebrospinal transvaginal mediastinal

Questions

What does synclinal mean?: Having or relating to a torsion angle between 30° and 90°
Where does synclinal come from?: From syn- + -clinal.

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