Noun
(uncountable)
- (geology) A convergence of mountain ranges, or geological folds, towards a single point.
- "The melting and assimilation of the country rock" [The Penguin Dictionary of Geology, D.G.A. Whitten and J.R.V. Brooks]
- (crystallography) Syntaxy.
Origin
From late Latin syntaxis, from Ancient Greek σύνταξις (suntaksis).
