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anticlastic, a.|æntɪˈklæstɪk|
[formed as if ad. Gr. *ἀντικλαστικ-ός, f. ἀντικλά-ειν, f. ἀντί contrary + κλά-ειν to bend.]
Applied to a double-curved surface, of which the two curvatures, transverse to each other, are in opposite directions; convex in its length, and concave in its breadth, or vice versâ.
1867Thomson & Tait Nat. Phil. I. i. §128 We may divide curved surfaces into Anticlastic and Synclastic. A saddle gives a good example of the former class; a ball of the latter..The outer portion of an anchor-ring is synclastic, the inner anticlastic. |