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anticlinal

The English word “anticlinal” has 5 meanings listed here.

adjective

  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°.
  4. Consisting of, related to, or part of an anticline.

noun

  1. An anticlinal fold.

Etymology

From anticline + -al.

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