See Also: isoclinal(dictionary)

isoclinal (iou)



isoclinal adjective & noun. M19.
[from ISO- + Greek klinein to lean, slope + -AL1.]
A. adjective.
Of lines: having equal slope; spec. in Physical Geography, indicating or connecting points on the earth's surface at which the magnetic inclination is the same. M19.
Geology. Designating a fold so acute that the two limbs are parallel, or strata so folded. L19.
b. noun. Chiefly Physical Geography. An isoclinal line. L19.
isoclinally adverb M20.