isoclinal
/ˌʌɪsə(ʊ)ˈklʌɪn(ə)l
/adjective Geology
Denoting a fold in which the two limbs are parallel.Large tight or isoclinal folds with limbs several tens of metres long occur locally....
- However, quarry outcrops of mainly white halitic mylonites display isoclinal folds that suggest a more impressive past.
- These isoclinal folds deform ‘early’ domains which record a pre-Main Central Thrust compositional banding.
Origin
Mid 19th century (denoting 'equal magnetic inclination'): from iso- 'equal' + Greek klinein 'to lean, slope' + -al.
- off-site
- off someone's hands
- off-speed
- off spin
- off-spinner
- off-spinning
- offspring
- offstage
- off-street
- off stump
- off-switch
- off-tackle
- offtake
- off target
- off the ball
- off the beaten track
- off the beaten track (or path)
- off the bit (or bridle)
- off the boat
- off-the-course
- off the cuff
- off-the-face
- off the grid
- off the grog
- off the hook