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anticline

in geology, an anticline is a type of fold that is an arch-like shape
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anticline

Summary

anticline ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,095 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • anticline is a type of fold[2].
  • anticline is a type of natural geographic object[3].
  • anticline's Commons category is recorded as Anticlines[4].
  • anticline is the opposite of syncline[5].
  • anticline's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • anticline's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[7].
  • anticline's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].
  • anticline's equivalent class is recorded as https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/geologicfold/Anticline[9].
  • anticline's equivalent class is recorded as http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/FoldProfileTypeValue/anticline[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include fold[2] and natural geographic object[3]. anticline is the opposite of syncline[5].

Why It Matters

anticline ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,095 views/month).[1] anticline has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] anticline is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Quora topic id → Anticline
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P3417]]: Anticline, дублирующееся значение / duplicate value"
  2. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/geologicfold/Anticline, http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/FoldProfileTypeValue/an
    Quora topic id → Anticline
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P3417]]: Anticline"
  3. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → fold, natural geographic object
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
    Opposite of → syncline
    Equivalent class → https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/geologicfold/Anticline, http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/FoldProfileTypeValue/an
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/geologicfold/Anticline"
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