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anticlinal |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Anticlinal \An`ti*cli"nal\, n. (Geol.) The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Anticlinal \An`ti*cli"nal\ (-kl[imac]"nal), a. [Pref. anti- + Gr kli`nein to incline.] Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See {Synclinal}. {Anticlinal line}, {Anticlinal axis} (Geol.), a line from which strata dip in opposite directions, as from the ridge of a roof. {Anticlinal vertebra} (Anat.), one of the dorsal vertebr[ae], which in many animals has an upright spine toward which the spines of the neighboring vertebr[ae] are inclined. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: anticlinal adj : (geology) sloping downward away from a common crest [ant: {synclinal}]
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