Synclinorium definition

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Synclinorium \Syn`cli*no"ri*um\, n.; pl. {Synclinoria}. [NL.,
     fr. Gr. ? to lay together + ? mountain.] (Geol.)
     A mountain range owing its origin to the progress of a
     geosynclinal, and ending in a catastrophe of displacement and
     upturning. --Dana.
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