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Definition of: synclinal
(sin·klī′nəl) adjective
1. Sloping downward on each side toward a common line or point.
2. Geol. Dipping downward on each side toward the axis of the fold, as rock strata: opposed to anticlinal. Also syn·clin·i·cal (sin. klin′i·kəl).
—noun A syncline. [<Gk. synklinein <syn- together + klinein incline]
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