synclastic

American

[sin-klas-tik, sing-] / sɪnˈklæs tɪk, sɪŋ- /

adjective

Mathematics.

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

synclastic British

/ sɪŋˈklæstɪk /

adjective

maths (of a surface) having a curvature at a given point and in a particular direction that is of the same sign as the curvature at that point in perpendicular direction Compare anticlastic

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Etymology

Origin of synclastic

1865–70; syn- + Greek klast ( ós ) broken + -ic

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