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anticlinal

[ an-ti-klahyn-l ]
/ ˌæn tɪˈklaɪn l /

adjective

inclining in opposite directions from a central axis.
Geology.
  1. inclining downward on both sides from a median line or axis, as a fold of rock strata.
  2. pertaining to such a fold.

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Origin of anticlinal

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

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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Medical definitions for anticlinal

anticlinal
[ ăn′tē-klī′nəl, ăn′tī- ]

adj.

Inclined in opposite directions, as two sides of a pyramid.
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