monoclinal

English

Etymology

From mono- +‎ -clinal.

Adjective

monoclinal (not comparable)

1. (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

• monoclinic

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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)

1. monoclinal

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)

1. monoclinal

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