anticlinal

About 0.13 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Inclining or dipping in opposite directions.
2. adjective Used to describe a type of cell division in a layer of cells that occurs perpendicular to the adjacent layer of cells.
3. adjective Describing a torsion angle between 90° and 150°.
4. adjective Consisting of, related to, or part of an anticline.
5. noun An anticlinal fold.

Similar words

synclinal monoclinal aclinal isoclinal synclastic anticlastic canted slantingdicular slantindicular diagonal

Often followed by

axis structure fold and folds walls structures divisions axes ridges