partiversal

adjective

par·​ti·​ver·​sal

¦pärtē¦vərsəl

geology

: dipping in different directions approximately to the extent of half a circle (as at each end of an anticlinal axis)

—contrasted with quaquaversal

Word History

Etymology

parti- entry 2 + -versal (as in quaquaversal)

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