The Collaborative International Dictionary
Monoclinal
Monoclinal \Mon`o*cli"nal\, a. [See Monoclinic.] (Geol.) Having one oblique inclination; -- applied to strata that dip in only one direction from the axis of elevation.
Wiktionary
monoclinal
a. (context geology English) Having one oblique inclination; applied to stratum that dip in only one direction from the axis of elevation.
WordNet
monoclinal
adj. of a geological structure in which all strata are inclined in the same direction
Usage examples of "monoclinal".
The danger is that it invokes only spirits of time, and such monoclinal adjurations risk perturbing the diametric complement, which in the case of time is chance, thus hazarding aberrant and unpredictable eventualities.