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eugeosyncline
[ yoo-jee-oh-sing-klahyn, -sin- ]
noun
Geology.
- a former marine zone, bordering an ocean basin, marked by very thick deposits of sediment in which the products of volcanic activity are associated with clastic sediments.
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ·o··n adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of eugeosyncline1
First recorded in 1940–45; eu- + geosyncline
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