cataclinaladj.
/katəˈklʌɪnəl/ Geology. Now rare.
(See quot. 1875.) Cf. anaclinal adj.
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [adjective] > having specific kind of course
diaclinal1874
anaclinal1875
cataclinal1875
consequent1875
subsequent1889
obsequent1895
insequent1897
resequent1902
the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > valley > [adjective] > other types
subsidiary1826
V-shaped1835
diaclinal1874
anaclinal1875
antecedent1875
cataclinal1875
consequent1875
superimposed1875
epigenetic1888
subsequent1889
insequent1897
oversteepened1900
re-entrant1901
1875 J. W. Powell Explor. Colorado River (Smithsonian Inst.) ii. xi. 160 I have..classified these valleys..in the following manner..cataclinal, valleys that run in the direction of the dip.
1960 B. W. Sparks Geomorphol. vi. 104 Terms originally proposed by Powell, such as cataclinal..have found no wide usage, as they are unnecessarily obscure.
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adj.1875