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单词 anticlinal
释义

anticlinal

adjective

an·​ti·​cli·​nal ˌan-ti-ˈklī-nᵊl How to pronounce anticlinal (audio)
: occurring at right angles to the surface or circumference of a plant organ
an anticlinal pattern of cell walls

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The lanky Texas geologist, who had spent his early years prospecting for oil in South America, just knew that uranium was hidden where nobody was looking, deep in the same kind of anticlinal or archlike formations that yielded oil. Aaron Robinson, Car and Driver, 27 July 2017

Word History

Etymology

anti- + Greek klinein to lean — more at lean

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

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