An′ti‐cli″nal (–klī″nal), a. [Pref. anti- + Gr. κλίνειν to incline.] Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal.
Anticlinal line, Anticlinal axis(Geol.), a line from which strata dip in opposite directions, as from the ridge of a roof. — Anticlinal vertebra(Anat.), one of the dorsal vertebræ, which in many animals has an upright spine toward which the spines of the neighboring vertebræ are inclined.