anticlinal

== English == === Etymology === From anticline +‎ -al. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aɪnəl === Adjective === anticlinal (comparative more anticlinal, superlative most anticlinal) Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. (botany) Used to describe a type of cell division in a layer of cells that occurs perpendicular to the adjacent layer of cells. (physical chemistry) Describing a torsion angle between 90° and 150°. (geology) Consisting of, related to, or part of an anticline. ==== Hypernyms ==== (geology): antiformal ==== Coordinate terms ==== (geology): homoclinal, monoclinal, synclinal ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === anticlinal (plural anticlinals) (geology) An anticlinal fold. == French == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === anticlinal (feminine anticlinale, masculine plural anticlinaux, feminine plural anticlinales) anticlinal === Noun === anticlinal m (plural anticlinaux) anticline === Further reading === “anticlinal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Portuguese == === Etymology === From anti- +‎ clinal. === Pronunciation === === Noun === anticlinal m or f (plural anticlinais) (geology) anticline (anticlinal fold) === Adjective === anticlinal m or f (plural anticlinais) anticlinal (inclining or dipping in opposite directions) === Further reading === “anticlinal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “anticlinal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French anticlinal. === Noun === anticlinal n (plural anticlinale) anticline ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /antikliˈnal/ [ãn̪.t̪i.kliˈnal] Rhymes: -al Syllabification: an‧ti‧cli‧nal === Adjective === anticlinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural anticlinales) anticlinal === Further reading === “anticlinal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025