anticlinal

English

Adjective

anticlinal (comparative more anticlinal, superlative most anticlinal)

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

Antonyms

• (inclining or dipping in opposite directions): synclinal

Noun

anticlinal (plural anticlinals)

1. (geology) A fold that is convex up and has its oldest beds at its core.