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anticlastic
[ an-tee-klas-tik, an-tahy- ]
adjective
, Mathematics.
- (of a surface) having principal curvatures of opposite sign at a given point.
anticlastic
/ 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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