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noun
A unidirectional dip in strata that is not a part of an anticline or syncline
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
A single flexure in otherwise flat-lying strata
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
a geological formation in which all strata are inclined in the same direction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: geological formation, formation
History
From mono- + -cline.
