Anticlinal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Anticlinal is an adjective meaning Inclining or dipping in opposite directions.
Meaning
Inclining or dipping in opposite directions.
More Meanings
- (botany) Used to describe a type of cell division in a layer of cells that occurs perpendicular to the adjacent layer of cells.
- (physical chemistry) Describing a torsion angle between 90° and 150°.
- (geology) Consisting of, related to, or part of an anticline.
- (geology) An anticlinal fold.
Example Sentences
But being chiefly sections of younger rocks than ours, the Austrian diagrams exhibit a more disturbed surface, so far as regards faults and slips, snapped anticlinals, upshoved synclinals, lapped folds, […]
Word Forms
- anticlinals
Antonyms for anticlinal
Common opposites include synclinal.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include synclinal, monoclinal, aclinal, isoclinal, synclastic, anticlastic.
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