anticlastic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “opposite”) + κλαστός (klastós, “broken in pieces”) +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æstɪk

Adjective

anticlastic

1. (of a surface) curved in opposite ways in two directions; saddle-shaped
2. (mathematics) of a surface whose Gaussian curvature is negative at all points

Antonyms

• synclastic

Translations

curved in opposite ways in two directions

• Portuguese: anticlástico

Anagrams

• Cisatlantic, cis-Atlantic, cisatlantic