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Webster 1913 Edition
Anticlinorium
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Anˊti-cli-no′ri-um
,Noun.
pl.
Anticlinoria
. [NL., fr. Gr.
ἀντί
against + κλίνειν
to incline + ὄροσ
mountain.] (Geol.)
The upward elevation of the crust of the earth, resulting from a geanticlinal.
Definition 2024
anticlinorium
anticlinorium
English
Noun
anticlinorium (plural anticlinoriums or anticlinoria)
Translations
a series of parallel anticlinal folds on a regional-scale anticline
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