anticlinal line

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anticlinal line - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Bot.) occurring at right angles to the surface of a plant
        organ.
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     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.
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