anticlinal

American  

[an-ti-klahyn-l] / ˌæn tɪˈklaɪn l /

adjective

1. inclining in opposite directions from a central axis.

2. 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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anticlinal British  

/ 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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Etymology

Origin of anticlinal

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

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Example Sentences

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anticlinal

Where they dip away from the axis of movement the structure is termed an anticline or anticlinal fold; where they dip towards the axis, it is a syncline or synclinal fold.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

A synclinal fold occupies Strathmore, and between Longforgan and Montrose the northern extension of the Sidlaw Hills is an anticlinal fold.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

On entering the Alleghany Mountains, where the distinct anticlinal axes begin to show themselves, but before the dislocations are considerable, the volatile matter is generally in the proportion of eighteen or twenty per cent.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell

The plateau itself is the anticlinal down which the North Heart flows to Peace River, which it joins at the crossing.

From Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 by Charles Mair

Ideal section through an oil and gas pool beneath an anticlinal 339 36.

From North America by Israel C. (Cook) Russell

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