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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 crest
Familiarity information: ANTICLINAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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