anaclinal

1. 1.

   of valleys and rivers; progressing in a direction opposite to the dip in surrounding rock strata

   Antonymscataclinal

   geology

Questions about anaclinal

What does anaclinal mean?

anaclinal means "of valleys and rivers; progressing in a direction opposite to the dip in surrounding rock strata".

How many syllables are in anaclinal?

anaclinal has 4 syllables and divides as a-na-cli-nal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of anaclinal?

The recorded antonyms are cataclinal.

Is anaclinal a common word?

anaclinal is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.