What is "anticlinal"

Anticlinal \An`ti*cli"nal\, n. (Geol.) The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions.

Anticlinal \An`ti*cli"nal\ ([a^]n`t[i^]*kl[imac]"nal), a. [Pref. anti- + Gr. kli`nein to incline.]

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 vertebr[ae], which in many animals has an upright spine toward which the spines of the neighboring vertebr[ae] are inclined.

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

adj. sloping downward away from a common crest [ant: synclinal]

Anticlinal may refer to:

• Anticline, in structural geology, an anticline is a fold that is convex up and has its oldest beds at its core.
• Anticlinal, in stereochemistry, a torsion angle between 90° to 150°, and –90° to –150°; see Alkane_stereochemistry