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

Example Sentences

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anticlinal

Nearly the whole of our English Eocene strata lies in these two basins, having been denuded away from the anticlinal arches.

From The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight by J. Cecil Hughes

The “Old Red” itself occurs at Berkeley, Tortworth Green, Thornbury, and several places in the Bristol coal-field, in anticlinal folds forming hills.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

Many such synclinal mountains or plateaus, separated by narrower anticlinal valleys, occur throughout the Appalachians.

From North America by Israel C. (Cook) Russell

The Cordillera here, and indeed I believe throughout Chile, consist of several parallel, anticlinal and uniclinal mountain-lines, ranging north, or north with a little westing, and south.

From Geological Observations on South America by Charles Darwin

Lines drawn along the summits of the ridges, A, B, would be anticlinal lines, and one following the bottom of the adjoining valleys a synclinal line.

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