anticlinal

American  

[an-ti-klahyn-l] / ˌæn tɪˈklaɪn l /

adjective

1. inclining in opposite directions from a central axis.

2. Geology.

   1. inclining downward on both sides from a median line or axis, as a fold of rock strata.

   2. pertaining to such a fold.

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anticlinal British  

/ ˌæntɪˈklaɪnəl /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling an anticline

2. botany of or relating to the plane at right angles to the surface of an organ

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Etymology

Origin of anticlinal

1825–35; < Greek antiklī́n ( ein ) to lean against each other ( anti- anti- + klī́nein to lean ¹ ) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

The present surface of anticlinal sandstone ridges and synclinal limestone hollows thus began to arise; but the main streams still held on their courses across the strike, that is, from north to south.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various

Subsequent movements produced in the Nova Scotia and the adjoining New Brunswick coal-fields the usual anticlinal and synclinal flexures.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

The drainage of the belt as a whole is anticlinal to a marked degree, for the three main synclinal lines are lines of great elevation, and the anticlines are invariably valleys.

From History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia by Head, James William

We shall notice, however, that the Island rivers start from south of the anticlinal axis.

From The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight by Hughes, J. Cecil

The anticlinal axis runs approximately north-west and south-east, and is thus roughly parallel to the earthquake-fault.

From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Davison, Charles