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What is the noun for anticlinally?

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anticlinorium
  1. (geology) A series of parallel anticlinal folds on a regional-scale anticline.
  2. Examples:
    1. “An anticlinorium is a large anticline in which a series of minor anticlinal folds are superimposed.”
      “This land position occurs within the anticlinorium d'Aroostook-Perce and Baie des Chaleurs.”
      “Deposits occur within the Tengi-Beshbarmag anticlinorium and the superimposed trough of Gusar-Devechi.”
anticline
  1. (geology) A fold with strata sloping downwards on each side.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Present along the surface exposures of the anticline are rocks dating from Upper Cretaceous to Paleocene age.”
      “The result is a monoclinal rollover anticline, its tightness increasing progressively with continued fault displacement.”
      “In its hanging wall, however, a drag fold syncline and a rollover anticline developed.”
anticlinoria
  1. plural of anticlinorium
anticlinoriums
  1. plural of anticlinorium
anticlinals
  1. plural of anticlinal
anticlines
  1. plural of anticline
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In south and east Dorset this resulted in the formation of two enormous structures, known as the Weymouth and Purbeck anticlines or upfolds.”
      “A series of transverse anticlines and synclines are observed that have axes orientated NE-SW, approximately perpendicular to the fault zone.”
      “The displacement of the thrust sheet produces two anticlines and a syncline.”
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