geosyncline
pronunciation
How to pronounce geosyncline in British English: UK [ˌdʒi:əʊ'sɪnklaɪn]
How to pronounce geosyncline in American English: US [ˌdʒioʊ'sɪnklaɪn]
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 .