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An upward bend or flexure of a considerable portion of the earth's crust, resulting in the formation of a class of mountain elevations called anticlinoria; -- opposed to geosynclinal.

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  1. n. An upward bend or class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/flexure">flexure of a class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/considerable">considerable portion of the earth's crust, resulting in the formation of a class of mountain elevations called anticlinoria; -- opposed to geosynclinal.
  2. An upward bend or class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/flexure">flexure of a class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/considerable">considerable portion of the earth's crust, resulting in the formation of a class of mountain elevations called anticlinoria; -- opposed to geosynclinal.
  3. An upward bend or class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/flexure">flexure of a class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/considerable">considerable portion of theearth's crust, resulting in the formation of a class of mountainelevations called anticlinoria; -- opposed to geosynclinal.
  4. n. An upward bend or class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/flexure">flexure of a class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/considerable">considerable portion of the earth's crust, resulting in the formation of a class of mountain elevations called anticlinoria; -- opposed to geosynclinal.