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Meaning of geosyncline | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

/dʒiːəʊˈsɪŋklʌɪn/

Definitions

A large, linear depression in the Earth's crust in which sediment accumulates.

Examples

“Forty years ago the crumpled and complex Mobile Belt of Newfoundland would have been considered a typical result of a deformed geosyncline.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

geosynonym geosynthetic geosystem geosystems geotag geotagging