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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Anticlinal (0.01704 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Anticlinal.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: anticlinal
anticlinal
adj : sloping downward away from a common crest [ant:
synclinal]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Anticlinal
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]
Anticlinal
\An`ti*cli"nal\, n. (Geol.)
The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite
directions.
[1913 Webster]
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