Usually means: Fold with strata sloping inward.
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  1. synclinal: Merriam-Webster
  2. synclinal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. synclinal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. synclinal: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. synclinal: Wiktionary
  8. synclinal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. synclinal: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. synclinal: Dictionary.com
  11. synclinal: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Synclinal: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. synclinal: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. synclinal: Rhymezone
  15. Synclinal: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. synclinal: FreeDictionary.org
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Definitions from Wiktionary (synclinal)

adjective:  (chemistry) Describing a torsion angle between 30° and 90°
adjective:  Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line.
adjective:  (geology) Formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane.
noun:  (geology) A synclinal fold.

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