Biology, Botany, Natural sciences Used to describe a type of cell division in a layer of cells that occurs perpendicular to the adjacent layer of cells.
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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciencesPhysical Describing a torsion angle between 90° and 150°.
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Geography, Geology, Natural sciences Consisting of, related to, or part of an anticline.
But being chiefly sections of younger rocks than ours, the Austrian diagrams exhibit a more disturbed surface, so far as regards faults and slips, snapped anticlinals, upshoved synclinals, lapped folds, […]1865, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, page 195: