anticline

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anticline - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Anticline \An"ti*cline\, n. [See Anticlinal.] (Geol.)
     A structure of bedded rocks in which the beds on both sides
     of an axis or axial plane dip away from the axis; an
     anticlinal. Contrassted with syncline.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]