Definition for AN-TI-CLI'NAL, or AN-TI-CLIN'IC

AN-TI-CLI'NAL, or AN-TI-CLIN'IC, a. [or AN-TI-CLIN'IC-AL; Gr. αντι and κλινω, to incline.]

In geology, an anticlinal line is a line showing where rock-strata dip in opposite directions.

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