an·ti·cline

[an-ti-klahyn]
noun Geology.
an anticlinal rock structure.

Origin:
1860–65; back formation from anticlinal

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anticline (ˈæntɪˌklaɪn) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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Compare syncline a formation of stratified rock raised up, by folding, into a broad arch so that the strata slope down on both sides from a common crest

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anticline
1867, earlier anticlinal (1849, by ellipsis from anticlinal fold), from Gk. anti- "against" + klinein "to lean, slope." Form assimilated to incline.
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A fold of rock layers that slope downward on both sides of a common crest. Anticlines form when rocks are compressed by plate-tectonic forces. They can be as small as a hill or as large as a mountain range. Compare syncline.
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These pools are trapped in the reservoir strata by impervious layers of shale within a geologic structure such as an anticline.
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