单词 | anticlinal |
释义 | anticlinaladj.n. A. adj. 1. Geol. Applied to a line or axis from which strata slope down or dip in opposite directions; also said of the fold or bend in such strata, or of a ridge so formed. Opposed to synclinal adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > fold or dip > [adjective] > anticline saddle-shaped1795 anticlinal1833 saddleback1854 1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 287 The Hastings sands, forming an anticlinal axis, on each side of which the other formations are arranged with an opposite dip. 1848 H. Miller First Impr. Eng. (1857) viii. 134 The strata shelve downwards on both sides from the anticlinal line a-top. 1875 J. W. Powell Explor. Colorado River (Smithsonian Inst.) xi. 160 Longitudinal valleys..three varieties (a) anticlinal, valleys which follow anticlinal axes. 1929 H. G. Busk Earth Flexures ii. 7 An ‘anticlinal bend’ is any relatively sharp flexure in an anticlinal sense, that is, where the beds of the one limb dip gently towards the apex, and the beds of the other dip relatively steeply away from it. 2. Anat. (A vertebra) having an upright spine, towards which the spines on both sides incline. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > spine > [adjective] > vertebra of > types of procoelian1842 opisthocoelian1854 platycoelian1854 procoelous1862 anticlinal1870 opisthocoelous1872 monospondylic1884 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 12 The tenth [dorsal vertebra of the Rabbit] is the anticlinal vertebra. 3. Bot. Applied to those cell-walls at a growing-point which have a direction at right angles to the surface: opp. to periclinal adj. 2. Also as n., an anticlinal wall or plane. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [noun] > cell > parts of cell > cell wall and parts septum1720 pit1839 sieve-plate1875 sieve-pore1875 sieve-tube1875 anticlinal1882 periclinal1882 sieve-vessel1882 pit cavity1884 pit membrane1884 middle lamella1887 torus1887 tonoplast1895 pit canal1911 pit chamber1917 pit aperture1918 pit pair1933 pit field1934 margo1965 sieve-tissue- 1882 S. H. Vines tr. F. G. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 951 The planes of the walls in a growing-point are classified thus: a. Periclinal... b. Anticlinal, those which intersect the surface and the periclinal walls at right angles... If the outline..of the growing-point is a parabola..the anticlinals being the orthogonal trajectories of the periclinals, constitute a system of confocal parabolas. 1960 I. F. Henderson & W. D. Henderson Dict. Sci. Terms (ed. 7) 33/2. B. n. [by ellipsis] . Geol. An anticlinal fold, axis, crest, or line; a line whence strata dip in opposite directions. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > fold or dip > [noun] > anticline anticlinal1849 anticline1861 upfold1902 pericline1915 1849 R. I. Murchison Siluria v. 100 The same North and South anticlinal which is apparent in May Hill and Huntley Hill. 1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius ix. 255 Anticlinals and synclinals, in the earth's crust. Derivatives antiˈclinally adv. (see A. 3.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > fold or dip > [adverb] > anticline anticlinally1855 1855 J. Phillips Man. Geol. (new ed.) ii. 45 Thus in fig. 16 the strata are synclinally and anticlinally bent, but the cleavage is vertical, or nearly so. 1954 New Biol. 16 119 In the outer layer known as the tunica the cells divide anticlinally, that is by walls at right angles to the surface. 1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. xix. 349/2 The Ahaura basin at that time was but a shallow shelf or even anticlinally warped. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online November 2010). < adj.n.1833 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。