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geanticlinal, a. and n. Geol.|dʒiːæntɪˈklaɪnəl|
[f. Gr. γῆ earth + anticlinal.]
A. adj. Of the nature of a general upward flexure of the earth's crust.
1879Dana Man. Geol. (ed. 3) 818 Many mountains owe half or more of their elevation above the sea level to geanticlinal movements.
B. n. A general upward flexure of the earth's crust.
187.Dana Man. Geol. (ed. 2) 752 (Cent.) The part of the force not expended in producing them carried forward an upward bend, or geanticlinal, of the vast Rocky Mountain region as a whole. 1879Ibid. (ed. 3) 818 Geanticlinals or upward flexures in the crust that become permanent elevations. 1882A. H. Green Phys. Geol. xiii. (ed. 3) 631 The squeezing up of this mass of rock into a geanticlinal. |