anticline

English

schematic drawing of an anticline and syncline

Etymology

anti- +‎ -cline

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæntiklaɪn/

Noun

anticline (plural anticlines)

(geology) A fold with strata sloping downwards on each side.

Synonyms

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Holonyms

antiform

Coordinate terms

syncline

Translations

anticlinal fold

Armenian: կամարածալք (hy) (kamaracalkʿ), անտիկլինալ (hy) (antiklinal)
Basque: antiforme
Bulgarian: седловина (sedlovina), антиклинала (antiklinala)
Catalan: anticlinal, anticlí
Chinese:
Mandarin: 背斜 (zh)
Dutch: anticline (nl), anticlinaal (nl)
Esperanto: antiklinalo
Estonian: antiklinaal
Finnish: satulapoimu, antikliini (fi)
French: anticlinal (fr)
Georgian: ანტიკლინი (anṭiḳlini)
German: Antiklinale
Hebrew: קמר‎
Irish: dronnchlaonas
Italian: anticlinale
Japanese: 背斜
Kazakh: aнтиклиналь (antïklïnalʹ), антиклинальдық қатпар (antïklïnalʹdıq qatpar)

Malayalam: അപനതി (apanati)
Norwegian: antiklinal
Nynorsk: antiklinal
Persian: تاقدیس‎ (fa)
Polish: antyklina f, siodło (pl) n
Portuguese: anticlinal
Romanian: anticlinal (ro)
Russian: антиклина́ль (ru) (antiklinálʹ), антиклинальная скла́дка (antiklinalʹnaja skládka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: антиклина́ла f

Roman: antiklinála (sh) f
Slovak: antiklinála
Slovene: antiklinala
Spanish: anticlinal (es)
Swedish: antiklinal (sv), antiform
Turkish: yukaç (tr), antiklinal
Ukrainian: антикліна́ль (antyklinálʹ)
Vietnamese: nếp uốn lồi, nếp lồi

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