Anticline Definition

ăntĭ-klīn
noun
A fold with strata sloping downward on both sides from a common crest.
American Heritage
A sharply arched fold of stratified rock from whose central axis the strata slope downward in opposite directions.
Webster's New World

(geology) A fold with strata sloping downwards on each side.

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Other Word Forms of Anticline

Noun

Singular:
anticline
Plural:
anticlines

Origin of Anticline

  • anti- +‎ -cline

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Anticline Sentence Examples

  • Hence the anticline noses out to the north and the syncline to the south.

  • The particular bed marked EF has been entirely removed by denudation from the top of the anticline, and is buried deep beneath the centre of the syncline.

  • The southern part of the county is occupied by a portion of the Wealden anticline.

  • Where they dip away from the axis of movement the structure is termed an anticline or anticlinal fold; where they dip towards the axis, it is a syncline or synclinal fold.

  • The observer in passing northwards along the axis of that anticline finds himself getting into progressively higher strata as the fold sinks down.

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Words Starting With

AANANT

Words Ending With

ENEINE

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