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Anticlinal

Ăn'tĭ-clī'nal, a.

adjective

[Gr. ἀντί, against, opposite, and κλίνειν, to incline.] Marking inclination in opposite directions.

Anticlinal line, or axis (Geol.), a line from which strata dip in opposite directions.

noun

n. (Geol.) The crest or line in which strata dip in opposite directions. Dana.