geosyncline

pronunciation

How to pronounce geosyncline in British English: UK [ˌdʒi:əʊ'sɪnklaɪn]word uk audio image

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Word Origin

geosyncline (n.)
1895, probably a back-formation from adjective geosynclinal (1879); see geo- + synclinal. Geosynclinal was used as a noun meaning "a region of depression" from 1873.

Example

1. One , the texas gulf coast , is in the gulf coast geosyncline .

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