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geoanticline

geoanticline is the alternative form of geanticline.

Meaning of geanticline

Noun

geanticline (plural geanticlines)

  1. A large-scale anticline; a large upward lift in the earth's surface.
    • As the geanticline rose upwards, nappes glided off like slicks from the back of an emerging whale.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 119

Forms of geoanticline

pluralgeoanticlines

Questions about geoanticline

What is geoanticline the alternative form of?
Geoanticline is the alternative form of geanticline.

Words near geoanticline in the dictionary

  1. geoadditive
  2. Geoagiu
  3. geoanthropology
  4. geoanticlinal
  5. geoanticlinals
  6. geoanticline
  7. geoanticlines
  8. geoarbitrage
  9. geoarchaeological
  10. geoarchaeologically
  11. geoarchaeologist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: geoanticline (page history and authors); geanticline (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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