- an anticline or syncline so compressed that the strata on both sides of the axis dip with equal inclination in the same direction
- an isoclinal line
Origin of isocline
see isoclinalisocline
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isocline
noun
GeologyAn anticline or syncline so tightly folded that the rock beds of the two sides are nearly parallel.
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A geologic fold that has two parallel limbs.
See illustration at fold
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Noun
(plural isoclines)
Origin
From iso- + -cline (“slope”).
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