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Meaning of syncline | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

/ˈsɪn.klaɪn/

Definitions

A concave-upward fold in rock strata

Examples

“Fontaine de Vaucluse, France, is the deepest known karst spring, -315 m. Lower parts were explored by a robot submersible. It is probably the ascending limb of a single loop in a syncline.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

synclinorium synclite syncoilin syncollin Syncom Syncopate