anticline

(anti klīn′)

noun

Geol. a sharply arched fold of stratified rock from whose central axis the strata slope downward in opposite directions

Origin: < anticlinal, modeled on incline, decline

See anticline in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Geology
A fold with strata sloping downward on both sides from a common crest.

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