'Synclinoria' definitions:

Definition of 'Synclinoria'

From: GCIDE
  • Synclinorium \Syn`cli*no"ri*um\, n.; pl. Synclinoria. [NL., fr. Gr. ? to lay together + ? mountain.] (Geol.) A mountain range owing its origin to the progress of a geosynclinal, and ending in a catastrophe of displacement and upturning. --Dana. [1913 Webster]