monoclinallyadv.
/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈklʌɪnl̩i/, /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈklʌɪnəli/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˈklaɪnəli/ Geology.
In a monoclinal manner.
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1858 H. D. Rogers Geol. Pennsylvania I. 10 Dipping only in one direction, or monoclinally.
1880 C. E. Dutton Rep. Geol. High Plateaus Utah ii. 31 At East Fork Cañon the thrown beds..are turned up monoclinally.
1968 R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 483/2 At coastlines the same ancient cyclic landsurface may be monoclinally warped down to pass beneath marine sequences of Jurassic or Cretaceous rocks.
1997 Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists 81 1377 Monoclinally folded molasse at the margin of the trough marks the limit of duplexing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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