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Synclinorium
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Synˊcli-no′ri-um
,Noun.
pl.
Synclinoria
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. [NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] to lay together + [GREEK] mountain.]
(Geol.)
A mountain range owing its origin to the progress of a geosynclinal, and ending in a catastrophe of displacement and upturning.
Dana.
Definition 2024
synclinorium
synclinorium
English
Noun
synclinorium (plural synclinoriums or synclinoria)
- (geology) A large syncline with superimposed smaller folds.