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Unidirectional vs Monocline - What's the difference?

unidirectional | monocline |

As an adjective unidirectional

is pertaining to only one direction, eg: where all component parts are aligned in the same direction in space.

As a noun monocline is

(geology) a unidirectional dip in strata that is not a part of an anticline or syncline.

unidirectional

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Pertaining to only one direction, e.g.: where all component parts are aligned in the same direction in space.
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  • Equally important is the class mailing list, which facilitates two-way communication at a distance. (By contrast, the web page is basically a unidirectional teacher-to-student communication.)

    Antonyms

    * bidirectional

    See also

    * omnidirectional

    monocline

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geology) A unidirectional dip in strata that is not a part of an anticline or syncline
  • (geology) A single flexure in otherwise flat-lying strata
  • References

    * Dictionary of Geological Terms (Anchor Books, 1984, edited by Robert L. Bates and Julia A. Jackson)

    See also

    * syncline * anticline ----