anticlinal

[ an-ti-klahyn-l ]

adjective
  1. inclining in opposite directions from a central axis.

  2. Geology.

    • inclining downward on both sides from a median line or axis, as a fold of rock strata.

    • pertaining to such a fold.

Origin of anticlinal

1
1825–35; <Greek antiklī́n(ein) to lean against each other (anti-anti- + klī́nein to lean1) + -al1

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British Dictionary definitions for anticlinal

anticlinal

/ (ˌæntɪˈklaɪnəl) /


adjective
  1. of, relating to, or resembling an anticline

  2. botany of or relating to the plane at right angles to the surface of an organ

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