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单词 anticlinal
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anticlinaladj.n.

/æntɪˈklaɪnəl/
Etymology: < Greek ἀντί against + κλίν-ειν to lean, slope + -al suffix1. Compare Greek ἀντικλίν-ειν to lean against (each other).
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.
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adj.n.1833
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