anticlastic
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “opposite”) + κλαστός (klastós, “broken in pieces”) + -ic.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -æstɪk
Adjective[edit]
anticlastic
- (of a surface) curved in opposite ways in two directions; saddle-shaped
- (mathematics) of a surface whose Gaussian curvature is negative at all points
Antonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
curved in opposite ways in two directions
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