Meanings
comparative more anticlinal · superlative most anticlinal
- Inclining or dipping in opposite directions.
- biologyUsed to describe a type of cell division in a layer of cells that occurs perpendicular to the adjacent layer of cells.
- physicalchemistryDescribing a torsion angle between 90° and 150°.
- geographyConsisting of, related to, or part of an anticline.
plural anticlinals
- geographyAn anticlinal fold.
But being chiefly sections of younger rocks than ours, the Austrian diagrams exhibit a more disturbed surface, so far as regards faults and slips, snapped anticlinals, upshoved synclinals, lapped folds, […]
1865, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, page 195
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivesloping downward away from a common crest
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishanticline
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishanticlinal
Translations
Polish antyklinalny, siodłowy
- antyklinalnyinclining or dipping in opposite directions
- siodłowyinclining or dipping in opposite directions
- antyklinalnybotany
- siodłowybotany
- antyklinalnychemistry
- siodłowychemistry
- antyklinalnygeology
- siodłowygeology
Portuguese anticlinal
- anticlinalinclining or dipping in opposite directions
Russian антиклина́льный
- антиклина́льный (antiklinálʹnyj)geology
Spanish anticlinal
- anticlinalinclining or dipping in opposite directions
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with anticlinal
Cite this entry
anticlinal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticlinal
“anticlinal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticlinal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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