Associations to the word «Anticlinal»

ANTICLINAL, adjective. Inclining or dipping in opposite directions.

ANTICLINAL, adjective. (botany) Used to describe a type of cell division in a layer of cells that occurs perpendicular to the adjacent layer of cells.

ANTICLINAL, adjective. (chemistry) Describing a torsion angle between 90° and 150°

ANTICLINAL, adjective. (geology) Consisting of, related to, or part of an anticline.

ANTICLINAL VERTEBRA, noun. (anatomy) The vertebra in a vertebral column which has a spinous process (spine) towards which the spines of all the other vertebrae are inclined; the vertebra at which the spine orientation changes.

ANTICLINAL, adjective. Sloping downward away from a common crest.