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anticlinal
[ an-ti-klahyn-l ]
/ ˌæn tɪˈklaɪn l /
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adjective
inclining in opposite directions from a central axis.
Geology.
- inclining downward on both sides from a median line or axis, as a fold of rock strata.
- pertaining to such a fold.
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Words nearby anticlinal
anticity, anticlastic, anticlerical, anticlimactic, anticlimax, anticlinal, anticline, anticlinorium, anticlockwise, anticlotting, anticly
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British Dictionary definitions for anticlinal
anticlinal
/ (ˌæntɪˈklaɪnəl) /
adjective
of, relating to, or resembling an anticline
botany of or relating to the plane at right angles to the surface of an organ
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