ANTICLASTIC


Meaning of ANTICLASTIC in English

| ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ at anti- I+|klastik adjective

Etymology: anti- (I) + Greek klastos (from klan to break) + English -ic

: having opposite curvatures at a given point ; specifically : curved convexly along a longitudinal plane section and concavely along the perpendicular section — used of a surface; opposed to synclastic

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.