Illustration of anticline
- cross section of strata showing anticline
anticline
noun
an·ti·cline ˈan-ti-ˌklīn 
: an arch of stratified rock in which the layers bend downward in opposite directions from the crest compare syncline
Word History
First Known Use
1845, in the meaning defined above
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