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anticline

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Noun
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an=ti=cline

CIDE DICTIONARY

anticlinen. [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.]

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

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