monoclinal

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English

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Etymology

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From mono- +‎ -clinal.

Adjective

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monoclinal (not comparable)

  1. (geology) Having one oblique inclination; applied to strata that dip in only one direction from the axis of elevation.
    monoclinal fold
    monoclinal ridge
    monoclinal structure
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for monoclinal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

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Adjective

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monoclinal (feminine monoclinale, masculine plural monoclinaux, feminine plural monoclinales)

  1. monoclinal

Further reading

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French monoclinal.

Adjective

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monoclinal m or n (feminine singular monoclinală, masculine plural monoclinali, feminine and neuter plural monoclinale)

  1. monoclinal

Declension

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