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ANTICLINAL AXIS

Specialty Definition: ANTICLINAL AXIS

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Mining

A. The medial line of an upfolded structure, from which the strata dip on either side. b. If a range of hills or a valley is composed of strata that on the two sides dip in opposite directions, the imaginary line that lies between them and toward which the strata on each side rise is called an anticlinalaxis. See also:axis. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: ANTICLINAL AXIS

Specialty definitions using "ANTICLINAL AXIS": anticlinal valley. (references)

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Modern Translation: ANTICLINAL AXIS

Language Translations for "ANTICLINAL AXIS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

antiklinalakse, saddelakse. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

anticlinale as. (various references)

   

French

  

axe anticlinal. (various references)

   

German

  

Sattelachse, Gewoelbeachse. (various references)

   

Italian

  

asse anticlinale. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

anticlinalay axisay

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Anagrams: ANTICLINAL AXIS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-i-i-i-l-l-n-n-s-t-x"

-4 letters: annalistic, anticlinal.

-5 letters: actinians, scintilla.

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