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anticline

/an-ti-klahyn/US // ˈæn tɪˌklaɪn //UK // (ˈæntɪˌklaɪn) //

反斜面,反斜线,反斜面的,反层

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Geology.

    • : an anticlinal rock structure.

Examples

  • And then let us pass to the other side of the anticline, and walk on the shore to Shanklin.

  • The figure shows the structure of the Sandown anticline we have described.

  • In unsymmetrical folds one limb is steeper than the other, as in the anticline in Figure 167.

  • This area, known to geologists as the "Cincinnati anticline," is co-extensive with the fertile blue grass lands.

  • The southern part of the county is occupied by a portion of the Wealden anticline.