cataclinal

1. 1.

   of valleys and rivers; running in the direction of the dip in surrounding rock strata

   Antonymsanaclinal

   geology

Questions about cataclinal

What does cataclinal mean?

cataclinal means "of valleys and rivers; running in the direction of the dip in surrounding rock strata".

How many syllables are in cataclinal?

cataclinal has 4 syllables: ca-ta-cli-nal. The stress falls on "ta".

What is the opposite of cataclinal?

The recorded antonyms are anaclinal.

Is cataclinal a common word?

cataclinal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.