geanticline
noun
ge·anticline
(ˈ)jē +
variants or less commonly geoanticline or geanticlinal
¦jē(ˌ)ō +
(¦)jē +
: a great upward flexure of the earth's crust —opposed to geosyncline
Word History
Etymology
geanticline, geoanticline from ge- + anticline; geanticlinal from ge- + anticlinal