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anticline noun, geol a geological fold in the form of an arch, formed as a result of compressional forces acting in a horizontal plane on rock strata. anticlinal adj. Compare syncline.
ETYMOLOGY: 1860s: from anti- 3 + Greek klinein to lean.

anticline noun, geol a geological fold in the form of an arch, formed as a result of compressional forces acting in a horizontal plane on rock strata. anticlinal adj. Compare syncline.
ETYMOLOGY: 1860s: from anti- 3 + Greek klinein to lean.

anticline noun, geol a geological fold in the form of an arch, formed as a result of compressional forces acting in a horizontal plane on rock strata. anticlinal adj. Compare syncline.
ETYMOLOGY: 1860s: from anti- 3 + Greek klinein to lean.