GEOSYNCLINE

Meaning of GEOSYNCLINE in English

/jee'oh sin"kluyn/ , n. Geol.

a portion of the earth's crust subjected to downward warping during a large span of geologic time; a geosynclinal fold.

[ 1890-95; GEO- + SYNCLINE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

GEOSYNCLINE — noun Date: 1895 a great downward flexure of the earth's crust, geosynclinal adjective
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GEOSYNCLINE — I Linear trough of subsidence of the Earth's crust, in which vast amounts of sediment accumulate. The filling of a …
Английский словарь Британика
GEOSYNCLINE — noun or geo·synclinal “+ Etymology: ge- + syncline, synclinal : a great downward flexure of the earth's crust — opposed …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GEOSYNCLINE — n. downward curve of the Earth's surface (Geology)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GEOSYNCLINE — noun Date: 1895 : a great downward flexure of the earth's crust • geo·syn·cli·nal -ˌsin-ˈklī-nəl adjective
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GEOSYNCLINE — [geo.syn.cline] n (1895): a great downward flexure of the earth's crust--compare geanticline -- geo.syn.cli.nal adj
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GEOSYNCLINE — linear trough of subsidence of the Earth's crust within which vast amounts of sediment accumulate. The filling of a geosyncline …
Britannica English vocabulary
GEOSYNCLINE — n. Andean Geosyncline Appalachian Geosyncline Cordilleran Geosyncline
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GEOSYNCLINE — n. Linear trough of subsidence of the Earth's crust, in which vast amounts of sediment accumulate. The filling of a …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GEOSYNCLINE — геосинклиналь (геология) геосинклиналь
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GEOSYNCLINE — Теория геосинклиналей
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
GEOSYNCLINE — n геол. геосинклиналь
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GEOSYNCLINE — геосинклиналь
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
GEOSYNCLINE — (n) геосинклиналь
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
GEOSYNCLINE — n геол. геосинклиналь
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
GEOSYNCLINE — n геол. геосинклиналь
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
GEOSYNCLINE — геосинклиналь
Англо-Русский физический словарь
GEOSYNCLINE — геосинклиналь
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
GEOSYNCLINE — геосинклиналь - rift geosyncline
Большой Англо-Русский словарь по нефти и газу
GEOSYNCLINE — геосинклиналь (геология) геосинклиналь
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
GEOSYNCLINE — n. Pronunciation: - ' sin- ˌ kl ī n Function: noun Date: 1895 : a great downward flexure of the …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CORDILLERAN GEOSYNCLINE — Linear trough in the Earth's crust in which rocks of Late Precambrian to Mesozoic Age (roughly 600–65 million years ago) …
Английский словарь Британика
OUACHITA GEOSYNCLINE — a linear trough in the Earth's crust in which rocks of the Paleozoic Era (from 225,000,000 to 570,000,000 years ago) …
Britannica English vocabulary
EAST GREENLAND GEOSYNCLINE — a linear trough in the Earth's crust in which a fragmentary belt of rocks of late Precambrian and early and …
Britannica English vocabulary
CORDILLERAN GEOSYNCLINE — a linear trough in the Earth's crust in which rocks of Late Precambrian to Mesozoic age (roughly 600 million to …
Britannica English vocabulary
ANDEAN GEOSYNCLINE — a linear trough in the Earth's crust in which rocks of the Mesozoic Era (245 to 66.4 million years ago) …
Britannica English vocabulary
CORDILLERAN GEOSYNCLINE — Linear trough in the Earth's crust in which rocks of Late Precambrian to Mesozoic Age (roughly 60065 million years ago) …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TRIASSIC PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. first period of …
Britannica English vocabulary
TRANSCAUCASIA, HISTORY OF — history of the region from prehistoric times to the present. Food-gathering cultures of Mesolithic type, as represented by discoveries near …
Britannica English vocabulary
LARAMIDE OROGENY — a series of mountain-building events that affected much of western North America in Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary time (the …
Britannica English vocabulary
INDIA RUBBER PLANT — also called India Rubber Tree (species Ficus elastica), large tree in its native Southeast Asia and in other warm areas …
Britannica English vocabulary
ACADIAN OROGENY — a mountain-building event that affected the northern portion of the Appalachian Geosyncline from present-day New York to Newfoundland during the …
Britannica English vocabulary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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