ISOCLINAL


Meaning of ISOCLINAL in English

/uy'seuh kluyn"l, uy'soh-/ , adj.

1. of or pertaining to equal direction of inclination; inclining or dipping in the same direction.

2. noting or pertaining to an isoclinic line.

3. Geol. noting or pertaining to a fold of strata that is of the nature of an isocline.

n.

4. See isoclinic line .

Also, isoclinic /uy'seuh klin"ik, uy'soh-/ .

[ 1830-40; ISO- + -clinal ( klín ( ein ) to slope + -AL 1 ) ]

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