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dunderhead(dictionary)

isoclinal (iou) and dunderhead (iou)


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.

dunderhead (iou)



dunderhead noun. E17.
[Perh. from DUNDER noun2 + HEAD noun.]
A ponderously stupid person, a numskull.
dunderheaded adjective stupid, thickheaded E19.