"anticlinal" meaning in English

See anticlinal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more anticlinal [comparative], most anticlinal [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪnəl Etymology: anticline + -al Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱley-|id=incline}}, {{suffix|en|anticline|al}} anticline + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} anticlinal (comparative more anticlinal, superlative most anticlinal)
  1. Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. Translations (inclining or dipping in opposite directions): anticlinal (Portuguese), anticlinal (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-anticlinal-en-adj-0uQZTzux Disambiguation of 'inclining or dipping in opposite directions': 92 4 2 2
  2. (botany) Used to describe a type of cell division in a layer of cells that occurs perpendicular to the adjacent layer of cells. Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-anticlinal-en-adj-O6LYZzUN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 26 31 32 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 8 31 23 30 8 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  3. (physical chemistry) Describing a torsion angle between 90° and 150° Tags: physical Categories (topical): Physical chemistry
    Sense id: en-anticlinal-en-adj-l9ASR8D7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 26 31 32 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 8 31 23 30 8 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  4. (geology) Consisting of, related to, or part of an anticline. Categories (topical): Geology Translations (geology): antyklinalny (Polish), антиклина́льный (antiklinálʹnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-anticlinal-en-adj-9qDqQZhB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 26 31 32 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 8 31 23 30 8 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'geology': 5 12 13 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: antiformal [geology, geography, natural-sciences] Derived forms: anticlinally, anticlinal vertebra, geanticlinal Coordinate_terms: homoclinal [geology, geography, natural-sciences], monoclinal [geology, geography, natural-sciences], synclinal [geology, geography, natural-sciences]

Noun

Forms: anticlinals [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪnəl Etymology: anticline + -al Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱley-|id=incline}}, {{suffix|en|anticline|al}} anticline + -al Head templates: {{en-noun}} anticlinal (plural anticlinals)
  1. (geology) An anticlinal fold. Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-anticlinal-en-noun-DVcuGVXW Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

Inflected forms

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