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Anticlinorium


Anˊti-cli-no′ri-um

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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.

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anticlinorium

anticlinorium

English

Noun

anticlinorium (plural anticlinoriums or anticlinoria)

  1. (geology) A series of parallel anticlinal folds on a regional-scale anticline.

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