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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Geanticlinal

· Ge·an·ti·cli·nal · IPA
01 n. An upward bend or flexure of a considerable portion of the earth's crust, resulting in the formation of a class of mountain elevations call…
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    An upward bend or flexure of a considerable portion of the earth's crust, resulting in the formation of a class of mountain elevations called anticlinoria; -- opposed to geosynclinal.(Geol.)