Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Anticlinal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Anticlinal \An`ti*cli"nal\, n. (Geol.)
The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite
directions.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Anticlinal \An`ti*cli"nal\ (-kl[imac]"nal), a. [Pref. anti- +
Gr. kli`nein to incline.]
Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See {Synclinal}.
{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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
anticlinal
adj : (geology) sloping downward away from a common crest [ant: {synclinal}]
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