basculation noun2 •The tilting of a geological layer.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 […] — 1959 •(no longer used) The replacement of a retroverted uterus by swinging it into its place.This twofold movement upon the centre, - this basculation, - has succeeded in cases where the elevation, singly, has been unsuccessful. — 1834 formsbasculations
