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anti·cline (an′ti klīn′)

noun

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

Etymology: < anticlinal, modeled on incline, decline

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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