basculation — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The replacement of a retroverted uterus by swinging it into its place.

   Usage

   • Archaic
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   This twofold movement upon the centre, - this basculation, - has succeeded in cases where the elevation, singly, has been unsuccessful.

Noun

1. The tilting of a geological layer.

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   And during the Middle and Upper Carboniferous the basculation of the palaeozoic deposits was produced forming nowadays a monoclinal system in the northern border of the Tinduf depression […]

   This elongated distribution is unlikely to have been produced by any tectonic cause, either continental drift or local basculations.

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   Flexural basculation towards the south, in combination with the main sediment source being in the Betic cordillera, determined an axial (along-strike) fluvial drainage running along the northern boundary of the sedimentary basin […]