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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