upwarp

1 of 2

noun

: a very broad anticline with gently dipping limbs that is due to differential uplift

upwarp

2 of 2

transitive verb

: to uplift differentially so as to produce an upwarp or a broad low arching of the surface

the land to the northward had been upwarped

—Journal of Geology

Word History

Etymology

Noun

up entry 2 + warp, noun

Transitive verb

up entry 1 + warp, verb

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