anticlinal

  1. Adjective.  (botany) Used to describe a type of cell division in a layer of cells that occurs perpendicular to the adjacent layer of cells.
  2. Adjective.  (chemistry) Describing a torsion angle between 90° and 150°.
  3. Noun.  (geology) A fold that is convex up and has its oldest beds at its core.

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