Meanings
comparative more synclinal · superlative most synclinal
- chemistryHaving 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.
1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 75 - geographyFormed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane.
a synclinal fold
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a synclinal trough or valley
plural synclinals
- geographyA 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, […]
1865, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, page 195
Synonyms & antonyms
antonym(s) of “geology”
adjectivesloping downward toward each other to create a trough
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Basque sinklinal
- sinklinalsynclinal fold
Bulgarian синклинала
- синклинала (sinklinala)synclinal fold
Catalan sinclinal
- sinclinalsynclinal fold
Chinese Mandarin 向斜
- 向斜 (xiàngxié)synclinal fold
Czech synklinální, synklinála
- synklinálníformed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane
- synklinálasynclinal fold
Dutch syncline
- synclinesynclinal fold
Esperanto synklinale
- synklinalesynclinal fold
Estonian sünklinaal
- sünklinaalsynclinal fold
Finnish synkliininen, synkliini
- synkliininenformed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane
- synkliinisynclinal fold
French synclinal, synclinal
- synclinalformed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane
- synclinalsynclinal fold
German Synklinale
- Synklinalesynclinal fold
Hebrew קער
- קערsynclinal fold
Hindi अभिनतीय, अभिनति
- अभिनतीय (abhinatīya)formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane
- अभिनति (abhinati)synclinal fold
Irish cuaschlaonas
- cuaschlaonassynclinal fold
Italian sinclinale
- sinclinalesynclinal fold
Japanese 向斜
- 向斜 (kousha)synclinal fold
Norwegian synklinal
- synklinalsynclinal fold
Persian ناودیس
- ناودیسsynclinal fold
Polish synklinalny, synklina
- synklinalnyformed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane
- synklinasynclinal fold
- łęksynclinal fold
Portuguese sinclinal, sinclínio
- sinclinalformed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane
- sinclíniosynclinal fold
Romanian sinclinal
- sinclinalsynclinal fold
Russian синклиналь, геосинклиналь
- синклиналь (sinklinalʹ)synclinal fold
- геосинклиналь (geosinklinalʹ)synclinal fold
- синклинальная скла́дка (sinklinalʹnaja skládka)synclinal fold
Slovak synklinála
- synklinálasynclinal fold
Spanish sinclinal
- sinclinalsynclinal fold
Turkish senklinal
- senklinalsynclinal fold
Ukrainian синкліна́ль
- синкліна́ль (synklinálʹ)synclinal fold
Vietnamese nếp uốn lõm, nếp lõm
- nếp uốn lõmsynclinal fold
- nếp lõmsynclinal fold
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with synclinal
Cite this entry
synclinal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synclinal
“synclinal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synclinal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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