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anticline
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anticline
CIDE DICTIONARY
anticline, n. [See Anticlinal.].
A structure of bedded rocks in which the beds on both sides of an axis or axial plane dip away from the axis; an anticlinal. Contrassted with syncline . [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
anticline, n. Geol. a ridge or fold of stratified rock in which the strata slope down from the crest (opp. SYNCLINE).
Derivative
anticlinal adj.
Etymology
ANTI- + Gk klino lean, after INCLINE
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