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Meaning of ANTICLINORIUM

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\An`ti*cli*no"ri*um\, n.; pl. {Anticlinoria}.
[NL., fr. Gr. ? against + kli`nein to incline + 'o`ros
mountain.] (Geol.)
The upward elevation of the crust of the earth, resulting
from a geanticlinal.
 
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