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A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect.

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  1. n. A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect.
  2. n. a disappointing decline after a previous rise
  3. n. a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
  4. A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect. Example: Next comes Dalhousie, the great god of war, Lieutenant-colonel to the Earl ANTICLINAL An`ti*cli"nal, a. Etym: [Pref. anti- + Gr. 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.
  5. A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less importantand striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces aridiculous effect. Example:Next comes Dalhousie, the great god of war,Lieutenant-colonel to the Earl ANTICLINALAn`ti*cli"nal, a. Etym: [Pref. anti- + Gr.
  6. n:100 n. a disappointing decline after a previous rise n. a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one