subhorizontal

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ horizontal.

Adjective

subhorizontal (comparative more subhorizontal, superlative most subhorizontal)

(geology) Not quite horizontal in position or orientation.
- 1983, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin - Page A-12
  Swaley cross-stratification is interpreted from thick units of subhorizontal associated with marine fossils.

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