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
• synclastic
• Cisatlantic, cis-Atlantic, cisatlantic
Source: Wiktionary
An`ti*clas"tic, a. Etym: [Pref. anti- = Gr.
Definition: Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as the surface of a saddle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 April 2025
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