anticline

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

an=ti=cline

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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.]

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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