Associations to the word «Monocline»

Wiktionary

MONOCLINE, noun. (geology) A unidirectional dip in strata that is not a part of an anticline or syncline
MONOCLINE, noun. (geology) A single flexure in otherwise flat-lying strata

Dictionary definition

MONOCLINE, noun. A geological formation in which all strata are inclined in the same direction.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats