anticlinal
English
Etymology
anticline + -al
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪnəl
Adjective
anticlinal (comparative more anticlinal, superlative most anticlinal)
- Inclining or dipping in opposite directions.
- (botany) Used to describe a type of cell division in a layer of cells that occurs perpendicular to the adjacent layer of cells.
- (chemistry) Describing a torsion angle between 90° and 150°
- (geology) Consisting of, related to, or part of an anticline.
Hypernyms
- (geology): antiformal
Coordinate terms
- (geology): homoclinal, monoclinal, synclinal
Derived terms
- anticlinal vertebra
Translations
inclining or dipping in opposite directions
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Noun
anticlinal (plural anticlinals)
- (geology) An anticlinal fold.
- 1865, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (page 195)
- But being chiefly sections of younger rocks than ours, the Austrian diagrams exhibit a more disturbed surface, so far as regards faults and slips, snapped anticlinals, upshoved synclinals, lapped folds, […]
- 1865, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (page 195)
French
Pronunciation
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Adjective
anticlinal (feminine anticlinale, masculine plural anticlinaux, feminine plural anticlinales)
- anticlinal
Noun
anticlinal m (plural anticlinaux)
- anticline
Further reading
- “anticlinal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Etymology
From anti- + clinal.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.kliˈnaw/ [ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.kliˈnaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌɐ̃.ti.kliˈnal/ [ˌɐ̃.ti.kliˈnaɫ]
Noun
anticlinal m or f (plural anticlinais)
- (geology) anticline (anticlinal fold)
Adjective
anticlinal m or f (plural anticlinais)
- anticlinal (inclining or dipping in opposite directions)
Romanian
Etymology
From French anticlinal.
Noun
anticlinal n (plural anticlinale)
- anticline
Declension
Declension of anticlinal
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) anticlinal | anticlinalul | (niște) anticlinale | anticlinalele |
genitive/dative | (unui) anticlinal | anticlinalului | (unor) anticlinale | anticlinalelor |
vocative | anticlinalule | anticlinalelor |
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /antikliˈnal/ [ãn̪.t̪i.kliˈnal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: an‧ti‧cli‧nal
Adjective
anticlinal (plural anticlinales)
- anticlinal
Further reading
- “anticlinal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014