monoclinal
English
Etymology
Adjective
monoclinal (not comparable)
- (geology) Having one oblique inclination; applied to strata that dip in only one direction from the axis of elevation.
- Synonym: uniclinal
- monoclinal fold
- monoclinal ridge
- monoclinal structure
Related terms
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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
Adjective
monoclinal (feminine monoclinale, masculine plural monoclinaux, feminine plural monoclinales)
Further reading
- “monoclinal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French monoclinal.
Adjective
monoclinal m or n (feminine singular monoclinală, masculine plural monoclinali, feminine and neuter plural monoclinale)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | monoclinal | monoclinală | monoclinali | monoclinale | |||
| definite | monoclinalul | monoclinala | monoclinalii | monoclinalele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | monoclinal | monoclinale | monoclinali | monoclinale | |||
| definite | monoclinalului | monoclinalei | monoclinalilor | monoclinalelor | ||||