orthogeosyncline
/ˌɔːθə(ʊ)dʒiːə(ʊ)ˈsɪŋklʌɪn/Geology. Now rare
noun
A linear geosyncline situated between a continental and an oceanic craton, typically comprising a miogeosyncline and an adjacent eugeosyncline.
- With the rise of the plate-tectonic model from the 1960s, the concept of geosynclines has been regarded as obsolete by most geologists..
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. From ortho- + geosyncline, after German Orthogeosynklinale.
- multicyclic
- multi-cylinder
- multi-cylindered
- multicystic
- multi-day
- multi-daylight
- multi-denominational
- multidentate
- multidenticulate
- multi-destination
- multidialectal
- multidialectalism
- multi-diameter
- multi-digit
- multidigitate
- multidimensional
- multidimensionality
- multidimensionally
- multidirectional
- multi-disc
- multidisciplinarian
- multidisciplinary
- multidiscipline
- multidisciplined
- multi-disk