quaquaversal

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adjective

qua·qua·ver·sal

¦kwākwə¦vərsəl

: dipping from a center toward all points of the compass

a quaquaversal domal structure

—used especially of geological formations

—opposed to centroclinal

—contrasted with partiversal compare dome sense 7a

quaquaversally

-səlē

adverb

quaquaversal

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noun

plural -s

: a quaquaversal dome, ridge, or structure

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Latin quaqua versus turned in every direction (from quaqua wherever, in whatever direction, in every direction—from ablative feminine of quisquis whoever, every, reduplication of quis who—+ versus, past participle of vertere to turn) + English -al