anticlinal
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.
Origin of anticlinal
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How to use anticlinal in a sentence
anticlinal, an-ti-klīn′al, adj. sloping in opposite directions.
Many such synclinal mountains or plateaus, separated by narrower anticlinal valleys, occur throughout the Appalachians.
North America | Israel C. RussellThe hills are formed by a short, broad, anticlinal fold, which is flat or nearly so on its summit.
Nearly the whole of our English Eocene strata lies in these two basins, having been denuded away from the anticlinal arches.
The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight | J. Cecil HughesWe shall notice, however, that the Island rivers start from south of the anticlinal axis.
The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight | J. Cecil Hughes
British Dictionary definitions for anticlinal
/ (ˌæntɪˈklaɪnəl) /
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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