Anticlinal

/ˌæn.tiˈklaɪ.nəl/ adjective

Relating to an anticlinal fold in rock layers where strata bend upward like an inverted V-shape.

From 'anti-' (opposite) + 'clinal' (from Greek 'klinein' meaning to lean or incline). Geologists coined this term in the 1800s to describe rock formations that lean away from a central axis.

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