anticlinal adjective 4noun 1forms 3 adjective4 •Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. •Consisting of, related to, or part of an anticline. •Used to describe a type of cell division in a layer of cells that occurs perpendicular to the adjacent layer of cells. •Describing a torsion angle between 90° and 150°. noun1 •An anticlinal fold. formsanticlinals · more anticlinal · most anticlinal