anticlastic

[ an-tee-klas-tik, an-tahy- ]

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

Origin of anticlastic

1
First recorded in 1865–70; anti- + clastic

Words Nearby anticlastic

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British Dictionary definitions for anticlastic

anticlastic

/ (ˌæntɪˈklæstɪk) /


adjective
  1. 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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