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Having one oblique inclination; -- applied to strata that dip in only one direction from the axis of elevation.

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  1. a. Having one oblique inclination; -- applied to strata that dip in only one direction from the axis of elevation.
  2. adj. of a geological structure in which all strata are inclined in the same direction
  3. Having one oblique inclination; -- applied to strata that dip in only one direction from the axis of elevation.
  4. Having one oblique inclination; -- applied to strata that dipin only one direction from the axis of elevation.
  5. s. of a geological structure in which all strata are inclined in the same direction