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ANTICLINAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anticlinal mean? 

ANTICLINAL (adjective)
  The adjective ANTICLINAL has 1 sense:

1. sloping downward away from a common crestplay

  Familiarity information: ANTICLINAL used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANTICLINAL (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Sloping downward away from a common crest

Domain category:

geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)

Antonym:

synclinal (sloping downward toward each other to create a trough)


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