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Anticlinal   Listen
adjective
Anticlinal  adj.  
1.
Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal.
2.
(Bot.) Occurring at right angles to the surface of a plant organ.
Anticlinal line, Anticlinal axis (Geol.), a line from which strata dip in opposite directions, as from the ridge of a roof.
Anticlinal vertebra (Anat.), one of the dorsal vertebrae, which in many animals has an upright spine toward which the spines of the neighboring vertebrae are inclined.






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