anticlinorium

noun

an·​ti·​cli·​no·​ri·​um

plural anticlinoria

-rēə

: a series of anticlines and synclines so grouped that taken together they have the general outline of an arch

—opposed to synclinorium

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from International Scientific Vocabulary anticline + New Latin -orium

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