homoclinen.

1915 R. A. Daly in Geol. Surv. Canada Mem. lxviii. 53 For convenience the word ‘homocline’ will here be used as a general name for any block of bedded rocks all dipping in the same direction... A ‘homocline’ may be a monocline, an isocline, a tilted fault-block, or one limb of anticline or syncline.

1942 M. P. Billings Struct. Geol. iii. 42 The term homocline..may be applied to strata that dip in one direction at a uniform angle. Although many homoclines are, if large areas are considered, limbs of folds, the term is useful to refer to the structure within the limits of a small area.

1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. xix. 344/1 The dominant structure of the Tertiary beds of the Taranaki region is that of a gently (about 4°) south or south-south-east dipping homocline.

1916 R. A. Daly in Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. XXVII. 92 The broad, useful concept denoted by the ‘monoclinal’ of W. B. and H. D. Rogers needs a new name... They intended to name a body of strata showing throughout dip in the same direction and for that ‘homocline’ (or ‘homoclinal’; adjective, ‘homoclinal’) is the appropriate word.

1922 C. A. Cotton Geomorphol. N.Z. i. viii. 98 A striking effect of homoclinal drifting is seen where a stream crosses the strike diagonally.

1941 C. A. Cotton Landscape x. 91 Moderately inclined strata now outcrop as homoclinal ridges.

1954 W. D. Thornbury Princ. Geomorphol. ix. 225 Homoclinal ridges develop upon the dipping beds on the flanks of anticlines and synclines.