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anticlinorium

[an-ti-klahy-nawr-ee-uhm, -nohr-]

noun

Geology.

plural

anticlinoria 

  1. a compound anticline, consisting of a series of subordinate anticlines and synclines, the whole having the general contour of an arch.

anticlinorium

/ ˌæԳɪɪˈɔːɪə /

noun

  1. a vast elongated anticline with its strata further folded into anticlines and synclines

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of anticlinorium1

1870–75; < New Latin; anticline, -tory 2 ( def. )

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