Anticlinal

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anticlinal \An`ti*cli"nal\, n. (Geol.)
     The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite
     directions.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Anticlinal \An`ti*cli"nal\ ([a^]n`t[i^]*kl[imac]"nal), a. [Pref.
     anti- + Gr. kli`nein to incline.]
     1. Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See
        {Synclinal}.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Bot.) occurring at right angles to the surface of a plant
        organ.
        [PJC]
  
     {Anticlinal line}, {Anticlinal axis} (Geol.), a line from
        which strata dip in opposite directions, as from the ridge
        of a roof.
  
     {Anticlinal vertebra} (Anat.), one of the dorsal vertebr[ae],
        which in many animals has an upright spine toward which
        the spines of the neighboring vertebr[ae] are inclined.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  anticlinal
       adj : sloping downward away from a common crest [ant: {synclinal}]