Incazelo yesichazamazwi ye-"anticlinal" ithi:isichasiso: (sokwakheka kwe-geological) eyehlela phansi nhlangothi zombili ukusuka ku-crest noma eksisi.Ku-geology, i-anticlinal. ukwakheka kuwukugoqa kwezingqimba zamadwala ezehlela phezulu nhlangothi zombili, nendawo ephakeme kakhulu noma i-eksisi etholakala phakathi nendawo. Iphambene ne-syncline, okuwukugoqa okwehlela phansi nhlangothi zombili ukusuka eksisi emaphakathi.