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ANTICLINAL
anticlinal
(adjective) sloping downward away from a common crest
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
anticlinal (comparative more anticlinal, superlative most anticlinal)
Inclining or dipping in opposite directions.
(botany) Used to describe a type of cell division in a layer of cells that occurs perpendicular to the adjacent layer of cells.
(chemistry) Describing a torsion angle between 90° and 150°
(geology) Consisting of, related to, or part of an anticline.
Hypernyms
• (geology): antiformal
Coordinate terms
• (geology): homoclinal, monoclinal, synclinal
Source: Wiktionary
An`ti*cli"nal, n. (Geol.)
Definition: The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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