User:Robert Ullmann/Prologue/examples/monocline

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  1. (noun, geology) A unidirectional dip in strata that is not a part of an anticline or syncline
  2. (noun, geology) A single flexure in otherwise flat-lying strata
  3. (Italian, adjective) Feminine plural form of monoclino

English

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Pronunciation

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mon'-o-cline

Noun

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Monocline

  1. (geology) A unidirectional dip in strata that is not a part of an anticline or syncline
  2. (geology) A single flexure in otherwise flat-lying strata

References

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  • Dictionary of Geological Terms (Anchor Books, 1984, edited by Robert L. Bates and Julia A. Jackson)

See also

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-cline

Italian

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Adjective

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monocline f.

  1. Feminine plural form of monoclino
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