anticlastic

American

[an-tee-klas-tik, an-tahy-] / ˌæn tiˈklæs tɪk, ˌæn taɪ- /

adjective

Mathematics.

(of a surface) having principal curvatures of opposite sign at a given point.

anticlastic British

/ ˌæntɪˈklæstɪk /

adjective

maths (of a surface) having a curvature, at a given point and in a particular direction, that is of the opposite sign to the curvature at that point in a perpendicular direction Compare synclastic

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Etymology

Origin of anticlastic

First recorded in 1865–70; anti- + clastic

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