Anticlinal

Origin

anticline + -al

Full definition of anticlinal

Adjective

1. Inclining or dipping in opposite directions.
2. (botany) Used to describe a type of cell division in a layer of cells that occurs perpendicular to the adjacent layer of cells.
3. (chemistry) Describing a torsion angle between 90° and 150°
4. (geology) Consisting of, related to, or part of an anticline.

Hypernyms

• (geology) antiformal

Coordinate terms

• (geology) homoclinal, monoclinal, synclinal

Derived terms

• anticlinal vertebra