anticlinal

English

Etymology

anticline +‎ -al

Adjective

anticlinal (comparative more anticlinal, superlative most anticlinal)

1. Inclining or dipping in opposite directions.
2. (botany) Used to describe a type of cell division in a layer of cells that occurs perpendicular to the adjacent layer of cells.
3. (chemistry) Describing a torsion angle between 90° and 150°
4. (geology) Consisting of, related to, or part of an anticline.

Hypernyms

• (geology): antiformal

Coordinate terms

• (geology): homoclinal, monoclinal, synclinal

Derived terms

• anticlinal vertebra

Translations

inclining or dipping in opposite directions

• Portuguese: anticlinal
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• Spanish: anticlinal (es)

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French

Adjective

anticlinal (feminine anticlinale, masculine plural anticlinaux, feminine plural anticlinales)

1. anticlinal

Noun

anticlinal m (plural anticlinaux)

1. anticline

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Portuguese

Etymology

From anti- +‎ clinal.

Noun

anticlinal m or f (plural anticlinais)

1. (geology) anticline (anticlinal fold)

Adjective

1. anticlinal (inclining or dipping in opposite directions)

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Spanish

Adjective

anticlinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural anticlinales)

1. anticlinal

Further reading

• “anticlinal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014