isoclinal

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Adjective, Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun isoclinal has 1 sense

Adjective isoclinal has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

isoclinala. [Iso- + Gr. to incline.].
     Of or pertaining to, or indicating, equality of inclination or dip; having equal inclination or dip.  [1913 Webster]
Isoclinal lines (Magnetism), lines on the earth's surface connecting places at which a dipping needle indicates the same inclination or dip.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

isoclinal, adj. (also isoclinic)
1 Geol. (of a fold) in which the two limbs are parallel.
2 corresponding to equal values of magnetic dip.

Etymology
ISO- + CLINE

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