Anticlinal vs Synclinal - What's the difference?
anticlinal | synclinal | Antonyms |
Inclining or dipping in opposite directions.
(botany) Used to describe a type of cell division in a layer of cells that occurs perpendicular to the adjacent layer of cells.
(chemistry) Describing a torsion angle between 90° and 150°
(geology) Consisting of, related to, or part of an anticline.
(chemistry) Describing a torsion angle between 30° and 90°
Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line.
*1996 , (David Foster Wallace), Infinite Jest , Abacus 2013, p. 75:
*:The doctor's eyebrows had gone synclinal from puzzlement without his awareness.
(geology) Formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane.
Synclinal is a coordinate term of anticlinal.
Synclinal is a antonym of anticlinal.
In chemistry terms the difference between anticlinal and synclinal
is that anticlinal is describing a torsion angle between 90° and 150° while synclinal is describing a torsion angle between 30° and 90°.In geology terms the difference between anticlinal and synclinal
is that anticlinal is consisting of, related to, or part of an anticline while synclinal is a synclinal fold.As adjectives the difference between anticlinal and synclinal
is that anticlinal is inclining or dipping in opposite directions while synclinal is describing a torsion angle between 30° and 90°.As a noun synclinal is
a synclinal fold.anticlinal
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(en adjective)Hypernyms
* (geology) antiformalCoordinate terms
* (geology) homoclinal, monoclinal, (l)Derived terms
* anticlinal vertebrasynclinal
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Adjective
(en adjective)- a synclinal''' trough or valley; a '''synclinal fold