anticlinorium

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anticlinorium - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Anticlinorium \An`ti*cli*no"ri*um\, n.; pl. Anticlinoria.
     [NL., fr. Gr. 'anti` against + kli`nein to incline + 'o`ros
     mountain.] (Geol.)
     The upward elevation of the crust of the earth, resulting
     from a geanticlinal.
     [1913 Webster]