anticlinal

'anticlinal' in Webster

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An`ti*cli"nal  , n.
(Geol.) The crest
or line in which strata slope or dip
in opposite
directions.
 
An`ti*cli"nal   (-klī"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&aelig;, which in many
animals has an upright spine toward which the spines of the neighboring vertebr&aelig; are inclined.

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