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anticlinal
[ an-ti-klahyn-l ]
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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Word History and Origins
Origin of anticlinal1
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Example Sentences
Anticlinal, an-ti-klīn′al, adj. sloping in opposite directions.
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Many such synclinal mountains or plateaus, separated by narrower anticlinal valleys, occur throughout the Appalachians.
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The hills are formed by a short, broad, anticlinal fold, which is flat or nearly so on its summit.
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Nearly the whole of our English Eocene strata lies in these two basins, having been denuded away from the anticlinal arches.
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We shall notice, however, that the Island rivers start from south of the anticlinal axis.
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