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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