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anticlinal

adjective

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adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about anticlinal at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Inclining or dipping in opposite directions.
  2. Used to describe a type of cell division in a layer of cells that occurs perpendicular to the adjacent layer of cells.
  3. Describing a torsion angle between 90° and 150°.

noun

  1. An anticlinal fold.

Related Words: synclinalmonoclinalaclinalisoclinalsynclasticanticlasticcantedslantingdicularslantindiculardiagonalsynclinicalslantwise

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