quaquaversal

quaquaversal
quaquaversally, adv.
/kway'kweuh verr"seuhl/, adj.
(of a geological formation) sloping downward from the center in all directions.
[1720-30; < L quaqua vers(us) lit., wheresoever turned, turned everywhere + -AL1]

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