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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Synelastic, sin-klas′tik, adj. having the same kind of curvature in all directions—opp. to Anticlastic.

From Project Gutenberg

As regards the strain in the beam, the longitudinal and lateral extensions and contractions depend on the bending moment in the same way as in the simpler problem; but, the bending moment being variable, the anticlastic curvature produced is also variable.

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