isocline

[ ahy-suh-klahyn ]

noun

, Geology.

1. a fold of strata so tightly compressed that both limbs dip in the same direction.

isocline

/ ˈaɪsəʊˌklaɪn /

noun

1. a series of rock strata with isoclinal folds
2. another name for isoclinal

isocline

/ ī′sə-klīn′ /

1. A geologic fold that has two parallel limbs.
2. See illustration at fold

Word History and Origins

Origin of isocline¹

First recorded in 1885–90; back formation from isoclinal

Example Sentences

Billions of people have died, all animal and plant life, the birds of the air and the fishes of the sea are dead: “At the tide line a woven mat of weeds and the ribs of fishes in their millions stretching along the shore as far as eye could see like an isocline of death.”

From New York Times

At the tide line a woven mat of weeds and the ribs of fishes in their millions stretching along the shore as far as eye could see like an isocline of death.

From Literature

Mostly his role in politics seems to define the line, some invisible, shifting isocline of permissibility, of what will be allowed of independent political figures here today.

From New York Times