synclinal
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3VERB + SYNCLINAL
gone
SYNCLINAL + NOUN
puzzlement, trough, valley
PREP.
from, without
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adj
Having or relating to a torsion angle between 30° and 90°
Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line.
The doctor's eyebrows had gone synclinal from puzzlement without his awareness.
Formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane.
a synclinal trough or valley
a synclinal fold
noun
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, […]
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4The doctor's eyebrows had gone synclinal from puzzlement without his awareness.
Wiktionarya synclinal trough or valley
Wiktionarya synclinal fold
WiktionaryBut 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 fold
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