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Definition of Anticlinal

1. Adjective. Sloping downward away from a common crest.

Definition of Anticlinal

1. a. Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal.

2. n. The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions.

Definition of Anticlinal

1. Adjective. (botany) Used to describe a type of cell division in a layer of cells that occurs perpendicular to the adjacent layer of cells ¹

2. Adjective. (chemistry) Describing a torsion angle between 90° and 150° ¹

3. Noun. (geology) A fold that is convex up and has its oldest beds at its core. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Anticlinal

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Anticlinal

1. Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal. Anticlinal line, Anticlinal axis, one of the dorsal vertebrae, which in many animals has an upright spine toward which the spines of the neighboring vertebrae are inclined. Origin: Pref. Anti- + Gr. To incline. The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anticlinal

Literary usage of Anticlinal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1917)
"(New York Meeting, February, 1917) THE information given in the accompanying table is submitted as evidence confirming the application of the anticlinal ..."

2. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1891)
"Only when outcrops from distant localities are compared can their connection with the Cincinnati anticlinal axis be recognized. ..."

3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1871)
"On the oast side of tho great anticlinal axis, the rocks dip down into a basin which occupies tho interval between the Nashville and Cincinnati ridge and ..."

4. Special Report by Geological Survey of Alabama, Columbia University, School of Dental and Oral Surgery (1895)
"The Southwest anticlinal.—One of the most important, and interesting features of this field, is the long denuded anticlinal starting near Kelley's Creek, ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1892)
"POST-GLACIAL anticlinal RIDGES NEAR RIPI.EY, NY, AND NEAR CALEDONIA, ... A great number of small anticlinal ridges are there ..."

6. An Introduction to Geology by William Berryman Scott (1897)
"accordance with the length of the axis and the steepness of the pitch, the uneroded anticlinal is either short and dome-like, or elongate and cigar-shaped. ..."

7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"The anticlinal or structural theory of the occurrence of oil and gas, presented by Dr. White many years ago, is elaborated here in the ..."

8. The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1871)
"On the east side of the great anticlinal axis, the rooks dip down into a basin which occupies the interval between the Nashville and Cincinnati ridge and ..."

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