Relating to or characterized by an anticline or fold in rock layers that dips downward in opposite directions; geological term.
From anti- (opposite) + Greek klasis (breaking). In geology, anticlinal folds break upward in the center, making the rocks dip away from the axis in opposite directions.
Geologists use this term to describe how Earth's rocks fold—imagine a mountain ridge where rocks on each side slope away from the peak in opposite directions, like an upside-down bowl.
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