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单词 pericline
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pericline

/ˈpɛrɪklʌɪn/
noun
1 Mineralogy. A variety of albite occurring as large elongated white crystals, often twinned.
2 Geomorphology. Chiefly British. A periclinal fold or dome.

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Charles Shepard (1804–1886). In sense 1 from German Periklin from Hellenistic Greek περικλινής sloping all round, on all sides from ancient Greek περι- + the stem of κλίνειν to bend, lean; in reference to the great inclination between the terminal and lateral faces. In sense 2 from French péricline from Hellenistic Greek περικλινής.

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