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Anticlinal
Anˊti-cli′nal
(ănˊtĭ-klī′nal)
, Adj.
[Pref.
anti-
+ Gr. κλίνειν
to incline.] 1.
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 vertebræ, which in many animals has an upright spine toward which the spines of the neighboring vertebræ are inclined.
Anˊti-cli′nal
,Noun.
(Geol.)
The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions.