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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Anticline

/ăn'-tĭk-līnˌ/ · An·ti·cline · IPA /ˈæntiklaɪn/
01 n. A structure of bedded rocks in which the beds on both sides of an axis or axial plane dip away from the axis; an anticlinal. Contrassted w…
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    A structure of bedded rocks in which the beds on both sides of an axis or axial plane dip away from the axis; an anticlinal. Contrassted with syncline.(Geol.)